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_go32_dpmi_get_free_memory_information
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Syntax
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     #include <dpmi.h
     
     int _go32_dpmi_get_free_memory_information(_go32_dpmi_meminfo *info);

Description
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This function fills in the following structure:

     typedef struct {
       u_long available_memory;
       u_long available_pages;
       u_long available_lockable_pages;
       u_long linear_space;
       u_long unlocked_pages;
       u_long available_physical_pages;
       u_long total_physical_pages;
       u_long free_linear_space;
       u_long max_pages_in_paging_file;
       u_long reserved[3];
     } _go32_dpmi_meminfo;

The only field that is guaranteed to have useful data is
`available_memory'.  Any unavailable field has -1 in it.

Return Value
------------

Zero on success, nonzero on failure.

Example
-------

     int phys_mem_left()
     {
       _go32_dpmi_meminfo info;
       _go32_dpmi_get_free_memory_information(&info);
       if (info.available_physical_pages != -1)
         return info.available_physical_pages * 4096;
       return info.available_memory;
     }


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