Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

AIX 5.3

IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition V8.0 for AIX
Version: 08.00.0000.0014
From man getprocs

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Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 1

getprocs Subroutine

Purpose

Gets process table entries.

Library

Standard C library (libc.a)

Syntax

#include <procinfo.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

int

getprocs ( ProcessBuffer, ProcessSize, FileBuffer, FileSize, IndexPointer, Count)
..............
int

getprocs64 ( ProcessBuffer, ProcessSize, FileBuffer, FileSize, IndexPointer, Count)
.................

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• bar.cpp ----

#include <procinfo.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main()
{
struct procsinfo pinfo;
pid_t retval = (pid_t)0;
getprocs(&pinfo, sizeof(struct procsinfo), 0, 0, &retval, 1);
getprocs64(&pinfo, sizeof(struct procsinfo), 0, 0, &retval, 1);
return 0;
}

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Compilation
> xlC_r -q64 bar.cpp
"bar.cpp", line 7.9: 1540-0274 (S) The name lookup for "getprocs" did not find a declaration.
"bar.cpp", line 8.9: 1540-0274 (S) The name lookup for "getprocs64" did not find a declaration.
What is wrong?

Thanks.

Alex Vinokur
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

bar.cpp has been renamed to bar.c

> xlC_r -q64 bar.c
// No compilation problem.
Any explanation?

I need to compile that file as *.cpp

Alex Vinokur
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

extern "C" should be added

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bar.cpp

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#include <procinfo.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

extern "C"
{
int getprocs(struct procsinfo*, int, struct fdsinfo*, int, pid_t*, int);
int getprocs64(struct procentry64*, int, struct fdsinfo64*, int, pid_t*, int);
}

int main()
{
pid_t retval = (pid_t)0;

struct procsinfo pinfo;

getprocs(&pinfo, sizeof(struct procsinfo), 0, 0, &retval, 1);

struct procentry64 pentry;
getprocs64(&pentry, sizeof(struct procentry64), 0, 0, &retval, 1);

return 0;

}

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> xlC_r -q64 bar.cpp
// No errors
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