Largest Document Size MS-DOS Editor Can Edit (63713)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q63713
SUMMARY
MS-DOS Editor (EDIT.EXE) occupies approximately 289 kilobytes (K) of the
available program space; therefore, the largest file size MS-DOS Editor can
edit is equal to the total space available for programs minus 289K.
For example, if the MEM command reports the following
655,360 bytes total conventional memory
655,360 bytes available to MS-DOS
585,584 largest executable program size
the largest file MS-DOS Editor can load into memory is as follows:
585K Largest executable program size
- 289K Memory MS-DOS Editor occupies
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296K Space available for text file
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Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
| Keywords: |
KB63713 |
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