[GAP Forum] Changing memory allocation for GAP

[Sandeep Murthy]

Hello.

Is there a command for starting GAP from the command line to
open with a higher memory allocation, like 256 MB, than the standard 
one?

I use GAP v.4.4.12 on Mac OS Leopard.  At present, when I start GAP
I see the following:

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Loading the library. Please be patient, this may take a while.
GAP4, Version: 4.4.12 of 17-Dec-2008, i686-apple-darwin9.6.0-gcc
Components:  small 2.1, small2 2.0, small3 2.0, small4 1.0, small5 1.0, 
             small6 1.0, small7 1.0, small8 1.0, small9 1.0, small10 0.2, 
             id2 3.0, id3 2.1, id4 1.0, id5 1.0, id6 1.0, id9 1.0, id10 0.1, 
             trans 1.0, prim 2.1  loaded.
Packages:    AutPGrp 1.2, CTblLib 1.1.3, TomLib 1.1.4, FactInt 1.5.2, 
             GAPDoc 1.2  loaded.
Error, file "-L" must exist and be readable
Error, file "-m" must exist and be readable
Error, file "128m" must exist and be readable
Error, file "-o" must exist and be readable
Error, file "512m" must exist and be readable

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I run search algorithms on groups of exponential complexity, and they
are intrinsically slow.  But I'm hoping that by using a higher initial
memory allocation, for practical purposes, my programs will cover
more of the search space than they have so far.

Sincerely, Sandeep.