--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/nprocs.cc	Wed Mar 16 15:00:09 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 Iain Murray
+
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "defun-dld.h"
+#include "sys/sysinfo.h"
+
+DEFUN_DLD (nprocs, args, nargout,
+   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} nprocs ()\n\
+Return the number of available processors.\n\
+@seealso{nprocs_conf}\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin != 0 || (nargout != 0 && nargout != 1))
+    {
+      print_usage ();
+      return retval;
+    }
+
+  retval = get_nprocs ();
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (nprocs_conf, args, nargout,
+   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} nprocs_conf ()\n\
+Return the number of number of processors the operating system has\n\
+configured.  This number may be less than the total available as reported by\n\
+@code{nprocs}.\n\
+@seealso{nprocs}\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin != 0 || (nargout != 0 && nargout != 1))
+    {
+      print_usage ();
+      return retval;
+    }
+
+  retval = get_nprocs_conf ();
+
+  return retval;
+}
+