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From: gd010gd02@mdcbbs.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Return segment to OS
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.100300.1367@mdcbbs.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:02:59 GMT
Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA
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	It appears that the memory requested from the operating
	system by malloc() is never released even after all the
	entries in the allocated segment have been free()'ed
	Does anyone know of a "safe" way of returning a segment
	to the operating system?