ID Number: Q59768
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MS-DOS
Summary:
The final allocated segment within a program is stored in the second
word of its program segment prefix (PSP). To find the size of the
program in paragraphs, subtract the actual segment of the PSP from
this segment number. This is useful in a number of applications, and
can be used to find the amount of memory necessary to store a TSR
(terminate-and-stay-resident) program.
More Information:
In Microsoft C, the segment of the PSP is stored in the global
variable _psp. This makes program load size easily accessible within C
programs as demonstrated below. For more information on the PSP, see
the "MS-DOS Encyclopedia," pages 108-111.
Sample Code
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#include<dos.h>
extern unsigned _psp; /* segment of PSP */
unsigned size; /* size of program in paragraphs */
unsigned far *psp_pointer; /* pointer to beginning of PSP */
/* psp_pointer[1] will contain the final allocated */
/* segment of the program stored in the second word */
/* of the program segment prefix. */
void main(void)
{
FP_SEG(psp_pointer)=_psp;
FP_OFF(psp_pointer)=0;
size= psp_pointer[1]-_psp;
}
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