Need cpu count in linux
 

I would like my c++ program to get the cpu count of an intel processor with the linux operating system. I have found code on the internet but they all uses window include files and won't run under linux. I read that one can get the cpu count by typing grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo in a linux shell but I need it in my program. Would I have to make a system call, save it to a file and then read it in?

Hi -

"/proc/cpuinfo" is exactly what I was going to suggest. Exactly right!

You can easily read this info from C/C++ using:

a) "fopen/fgets" (of the /proc/cpuinfo files), or using

b) "popen()/fgets" (of the "grep /proc/cpuinfo" command).

'Hope that helps .. PSM

But I like this even better:

# ls /sys/devices/system/cpu
cpu0 cpu1 cpu2 cpu3
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