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[Dev-C++] How much memory is my program using?

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

How can I find out how much memory my program is using?
I'm running it under windows and was wondering if there's a Windows API call 
or some utility on the net that can latch on to my program and find out how 
much memory it is actually using.

If I'm not being specific enough, tell me.

Daniel

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Re: [Dev-C++] How much memory is my program using?

[Stefan K. <ste...@ya...>]

Hm... That's not so simple.
For dynamically allocated memory using the "new" operator or "malloc",
this can be done by:

Overriding the global operator new and adding the amount of bytes to a 
global variable. You also can override global operator delete to 
subtract the freed amount of bytes from that variable - that way you can 
check if all allocated memory has properly been freed before terminating 
your program.

If you use malloc(), write and use your own function, for example 
AppMalloc() and AppFree() and add/subtract the amount of bytes to a 
global variable.

There is no other way to do it in C/C++, as far as I know, and no 
Windows API function that can tell you how much RAM you're using.

Hope this helps!

Stefan

Daniel Glenfield wrote:

> How can I find out how much memory my program is using?
> I'm running it under windows and was wondering if there's a Windows API 
> call or some utility on the net that can latch on to my program and find 
> out how much memory it is actually using.
> 
> If I'm not being specific enough, tell me.
> 
> Daniel

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