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From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon)
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Subject: Re: Stack size with Turbo-C
Keywords: Turbo C,stack,options
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Date: 11 Dec 90 02:31:29 GMT
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routh@eltanin.rtp.semi.harris.com (Kevin Routh x622) writes:

>I wondered if Turbo C has any provision for adjusting the stack size.  I
>have looked through my documentation and can't find an option.  This would
>be analogous to the Microsoft C linker option /STACK:0x4000.  Thanks
>for the help.

	Yes, there is.  It is in the form of a global variable called _stklen.
In your program, before main(), just say:

	unsigned _stklen = 64000U;  /* 64K stack */

	There's probably a .h file you need to #include, but now that you
know what you're looking for, I'm sure you can find out which one.


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