-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Nope. We have to use some "C" or "C++" system/function call. Our > programmers don't want to depend on the /proc file system being > available. If you're looking for an OS independant way of doing such things (ie the same between Linux, *BSD, Windows, BeOS, Solaris, etc) the interfaces don't exist. On Linux the method for userspace to know about the hardware is to use the files under /proc. That's what they're there for. BTW most system utilities require access to /proc anyway, making a Linux system without /proc a pain in the butt to administer. IMO you have no choice but to rely on it. Hope you don't need to rely on the processor features enumerated in /proc/cpuinfo - it is not consistent for all architectures Linux supports :( - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6LVh2/ZTSZFDeHPwRAsVdAKDhIY/B95acLSzy+NT/MoEmuDrxQQCgyens h4tsm1+bNtT5c2VzLAwpPd8= =fDby -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----