John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to find the number of processors on a machine (on linux/ > windows/macos/cygwin) using python code (using the same code/cross > platform code)?
>From processing <http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/processing/0.34> : def cpuCount(): ''' Returns the number of CPUs in the system ''' if sys.platform == 'win32': try: num = int(os.environ['NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS']) except (ValueError, KeyError): pass elif sys.platform == 'darwin': try: num = int(os.popen('sysctl -n hw.ncpu').read()) except ValueError: pass else: try: num = os.sysconf('SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN') except (ValueError, OSError, AttributeError): pass if num >= 1: return num else: raise NotImplementedError -- Lawrence, oluyede.org - neropercaso.it "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it" - Upton Sinclair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
