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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: determining size of physical memory
Keywords: core, physical memory, size of core
Message-ID: <1991Jan02.034626.12684@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 2 Jan 91 03:46:26 GMT
References: <1990Dec27.202715.27688@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1368@prcrs.UUCP> 	<7325@plains.NoDak.edu> <3318@mrsvr.UUCP>
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>In article <1990Dec27.202715.27688@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, hitt@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Daniel Hitt) writes:
> Is there a standard UNIX program or system call that determines
> the size of the physical memory of the machine on which it is
> running?
> 
> I'd like to be able to do this on Ultrix, SunOS, and the NeXT OS,
> and possibly HP-UX.

sounds like you'll have to use #ifdef :-) anyway, you might look for
'machine specific' system calls, for example sys V/386 (interactive
in my case) lets you do 

#include <sys/sysi86.h>
long bytes;
bytes=sysi86(SI86MEM);
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