Re: Getting number of pipes in a system

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From: John Kelso (kelso++at++vt.edu)
Date: 06/19/2001 06:50:25

Hi,

I've been using the data from getinvent(3) for this task. Is your method
preferable?

Thanks,

-John

 From: Angus Dorbie <dorbie++at++sgi.com>
 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:49:25 -0700
 Subject: Re: Getting number of pipes in a system

Including /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h you'll be able to use ScreenCount, it
looks like it's just a macro to read nscreens from a private(?) part of
the display structure.

Cheers,Angus.

Allen Bierbaum wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to make sure that the value passed to
> pfMultipipe() is in range for the system an app is executing on.
>
> Does anyone know a system command that will return the maximum number of
> pipes in a system?
>
> -Allen

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