On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:04 AM, BCS <ao at pathlink.com> wrote: > isn't there something in /proc that grovels in the kernel? I would rather > get info from the kernel than a state file updated by some apps. (I don't > have a *nux box handy to try with) On Linux, sure. But that wouldn't be portable at all, /proc is quite Linux-specific. Anders