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From: jg@hpldola.HP.COM (Joe Gilray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: reserving memory
Message-ID: <11830071@hpldola.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 90 23:50:26 GMT
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -ColoSpgs
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I'm using MWC v3, when I malloc() all of the available memory my program
recovers.  But now when it calls fsel_input() to allow the user to save
his or her data an alert box is displayed which says something like
"system does not have enough memory for directory".  How can I ensure
that malloc() always leaves the system with "enough memory" to display
the fsel_input() dialog box?

Also if there is such a technique, what is a good amount of memory
to reserve?

Thank you for any help!

-Joe Gilray