On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > > > >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>> i'm sure there's a trivial way to do this, but what's a simple way > >>> to tell if a system has a 32 or a 64 bit CPU? something that i could > >>> run from within a script. thanks. > >> If the script runs on a 64 bit CPU, equipped with a 32 bit OS, > >> should it return 32 or 64? > > > > 64. i'm interested in the actual CPU property. > > The look for lm in /proc/cpuinfo flags posted elsewhere works > on the machine I've tested. It is set both when booting a 32 or > 64 bit F7. ah, excellent. and i even tracked down what looks like an explanation: http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/02-2005/msg00839.html thanks. rday
