detecting available memory
Hi,
I'm writing in C89 and I need to read structs in from file into an array.
I thought of setting the array to half the availble memory so as to not put too much strain on the pc.
Does anybody know how to determin hom much memory is available - not including swap.
I have not found an answer anywhere. Any help would be apreiciated.
Thanks
Daniel
Why don't you get the number of records in the file, then dynamically allocate the amount of memory you need.
If that allocation fails, you report "file too big", or you fall back into processing the file in parts.
> Does anybody know how to determin hom much memory is available - not including swap.
Not without detailed knowledge of your OS and compiler.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
I don't know about C89
but one way to get those is
include sys/sysinfo.h if you have it,
call get_avphys_pages() gives you available physical pages.
and get_phys_page_size() which gives you page size.
simple calculation and you have available memory in bytes.
these should found atleast on linux environment...
