Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ncar!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpsmtc1!swh From: swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: MSC STACK OVERFLOW Message-ID: <11480010@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> Date: 16 Mar 88 20:07:31 GMT References: <12416@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 12 Re Stack overflow Check how big your DOS environment variable area is. I seem to recall that this space gets added to your stack. Some of us, myself especially, allocate a large space (via /E: on the COMMAND.COM line in CONFIG.SYS) and forget about it. Periodically I get bitten. --------------------- Steve Harrold ...hplabs!hpsmtc1!swh HPG200/13 (408) 447-5580 ---------------------