#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

int eat(long total,int chunk){
    long i;
    for(i=0;i<total;i+=chunk){
        short *buffer=malloc(sizeof(char)*chunk);
        if(buffer==NULL){
            return -1;
        }
        printf("nDATA=%d",*buffer);
        memset(buffer,0,chunk);
    }
    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
    int i,chunk=1024;
    long size=10000;
            printf("Got %ld bytes in chunks of %d...n",size,chunk);
            if(eat(size,chunk)==0){
                printf("Done, press any key to free the memoryn");
                getchar();
            }else{
                printf("ERROR: Could not allocate the memory");
            }
        }