From: Hans-Juergen DOT Taenzer AT t-online DOT de (Hans-Juergen Taenzer)
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Subject: Re: How to get the amount of free memory
Date: 20 Dec 2002 00:28:00 +0100
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"dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie) " wrote

 >> how do i get the amount of free real-memory (memory below 1 MB)
 >> from a running programm?

 > Call __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory() and ask for too much.  It will
 > return an error and tell you how much is actually available
 > (i.e. largest single allocation).

 > http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/dpmi/api/310100.html
 > http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_188.html

 >> Is __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory() the right approach?

 > Yup.

Thanks for the help.

Hans-Juergen