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authorGiuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org>2009-10-31 18:59:50 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2009-11-06 16:54:12 +0000
commit74cf4cb26dcecd36eb45dc00dbd4587d9dc24a2f (patch)
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downloadcoreutils-74cf4cb26dcecd36eb45dc00dbd4587d9dc24a2f.tar.xz
nproc: A new program to count the available processors
* AUTHORS: Add my name. * NEWS: Mention it. * README: Likewise. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add nproc. * doc/coreutils.texi (nproc invocation): Add nproc info. * man/Makefile.am (nproc.1): Add dependency. * man/nproc.x: New template. * man/.gitignore: Ignore generated man page. * po/POTFILES.in: Add src/nproc.c. * src/.gitignore: Exclude nproc. * src/Makefile.am (EXTRA_PROGRAMS): Add nproc. * src/nproc.c: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add misc/nproc-{avail,positive}. * tests/misc/nproc-avail: New file. * tests/misc/nproc-positive: New file.
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Also, "rm /read-only-fs/nonexistent" now reports "file not found" rather
than the less precise "Read-only file system" error.
+** New programs
+
+ nproc: Print the number of processing units available to a process.
+
** New features
env and printenv now accept the option --null (-0), as a means to