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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: HOW DO I FIGURE OUT HOW MANY PROCESSES ARE RUNNING?
Message-ID: <kientzleDs6F91.Jt3@netcom.com>
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
References: <4octq6$rkp@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 17:00:37 GMT
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Try:
man 2 getrlimit -- to find out how many processes your User ID is permitted
If you know how to read a directory, you can skim through /proc
to count how many processes are owned by this UID already.
(do `ls -l /proc' to see the info it gives, `man procfs' for
details on /proc).
Also look at `man csh' for info on the `limit' built-in command.
- Tim Kientzle
In article <4octq6$rkp@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu>,
Loren Koss <loren@mcl.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>I am trying to write a program that forks a bunch of times, but it needs
>to know how many processes are already running so it doesn't use em all
>up. Any suggestions?
>
>Loren
>
>