On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:21:40PM -0700, Greg Frinchaboy wrote: > This may be an old issue but I could not find info in the archives. > > u_int num_cpus = system("cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c processor > > /dev/null"); > > Has yielded the number of cpus on the system since I used it in RH7.3 > and fc3. > Now in fc5, all uses of system("cmd"); return -1 > > The command executes OK, just the return value is always -1. > > u_int num_cpus = system("cat /proc/cpuinfo"); > dumps the cpuinfo file to the system console > > u_int num_cpus = system("cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c processor"); > dumps a 2 to the system console, etc. > > Any help would be appreciated... u_int num_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); should always do the right thing. Your grep won't. (hint: There are CPUs that have the string 'processor' in the model name field of /proc/cpuinfo Dave -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list