Space determine for a C program

Question

Can I determine the space taken by a C program. Currently I am using GCC compiler on WIndows XP. Actually I want to check how much space consume by the C program.

It is very good if some function tell me the size consume by other function in C.

ex- fun() consume 1028 bytes to run.

space consume by my program for both space in memory or space on the disk — Code Breaker, May 04 '12 at 09:45
It's difficult to tell how much memory your program is using because it may be using shared memory, and any library functions you use will use their own memory which can't be determined accurately until the program is run. — dreamlax, May 04 '12 at 10:04
@dreamlax thanks for your suggestions but can I determine space at last the program run — Code Breaker, May 04 '12 at 10:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '12 at 11:04

On disk: Sure: Compile it, make ls or dir.

In memory: No. Just imagine a program that load something from internet into memory. As the memory gets allocated dynamic and you dont know in advance how big the data is, it is impossible to tell the memory usage (in theory thats just a consequence from the halting problem).

Space determine for a C program

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