9 Running Compiled Programs

This chapter discusses various problems which may happen when running DJGPP programs under different environments, and gives solutions to them.

• v2 crash: Program which was OK in v1.x bombs in v2.0.
• malloc crash: Program crashes inside malloc/free.
• Crash traceback: How to make sense out of stack dumps.
• File data corrupted: The DOS TEXT/BINARY file issue.
• Screen IO: Beware of the buffering!
• Distributing: DJGPP programs are not self-contained.
• File handles: How many file handles can your program use.
• Virus: Anti-virus false alarms.