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screen (capsensitive("Syield"))
NAME
Syield - give up the processor
SYNOPSIS
void Syield(void);
DESCRIPTION
Syield gives up control of the processor temporarily.
SEE ALSO
\#Pause\#, \#Fselect\#
BUGS
Doing Syield in a tight loop can still consume a fair amount
of processor time. Use \#Fselect\# or \#Talarm\# and \#Pause\# instead
if possible.
Last change: Oct. 1, 1991\end
screen (capsensitive("Sysconf"))
NAME
Sysconf - get information about operating system configuration
SYNOPSIS
LONG Sysconf(WORD n);
DESCRIPTION
Sysconf returns information about various limits or capabilities
of the currently running version of MiNT. The variable n controls
which limit or capability is being queried, as follows:
n Value Returned
-1 return max. legal value for n in Sysconf(n)
0 return max. number of memory regions per process
1 return max. length of Pexec() command line string
2 return max. number of open files per process
3 return number of supplementary group id's
4 return max. number of processes per user
If any of these items are unlimited, then 0x7fffffffL is returned.
SEE ALSO
\#Dpathconf\#
Last change: Oct. 1, 1991\end