On 3/30/06, Dave Korn wrote: > As to the FAQ entry, it really needs a little alteration. Ping JDF! > > It should make clear that those parameters are in bytes. The example of a > 4k stack and 1k heap is a bit unrealistic and it might be more productive to > show people how to make exes with /big/ stacks, since that's the problem > people usually run into. How about something a bit more like > > -------------------------------------------------------------<snip> > 21. > > How can I adjust the heap/stack size of an application? > > If you need to change the maximum amount of memory available to Cygwin, see > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html. Otherwise, just pass the > desired heap/stack size in bytes as linker arguments to gcc. To create foo.exe > with a heap size of 200MB and a stack size of 8MB, you would invoke gcc as: > > gcc -Wl,--heap,200000000,--stack,8000000 -o foo foo.c > -------------------------------------------------------------<snip>
I'll get to this and the other items soon-ish. I got a cheap laptop on ebay (but very portable... Dell x200) and just finished getting it set up. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
