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From: lenoil@apple.UUCP (Robert Lenoil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Removing command.com
Message-ID: <7174@apple.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 00:40:24 GMT
References: <846@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: lenoil@apple.UUCP (Robert Lenoil)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
Lines: 11
Keywords: MS-DOS Command Shell

In article <846@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer) writes:
>I have an application which requires as much memory as it can get
>its hands on (640K machine. Not possible to use EMS) which also
>using MSC's (5.0) system call to run things from within the program.

Your problem is using the system() function; it works by spawning a copy of
command.com, passing it the command line you give.  You'll save the memory
that command.com takes up by bypassing system() and directly using the spawn()
family of functions.

Robert Lenoil