/*
 * TRSysctl.h - simple wrappers around BSD sysctl functionality
 *
 * Copyright 2006, David Chisnall
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#import <sys/sysctl.h>
#import <stdlib.h>

#import <Foundation/NSString.h>

#ifdef LONGLONGSYSCTLS
typedef long long sysctl_return_int_t;
#else
typedef long sysctl_return_int_t;
#endif

static inline NSString *
performSysctlNamed (char *name)
{
  NSString * resultString = nil;
  size_t resultSize;

  // Get the result size for this sysctl

  if (!sysctlbyname (name, NULL, &resultSize, NULL, 0))
    {
      char *result = (char *) malloc (resultSize);

      //Attempt to get the result
      if (!sysctlbyname (name, result, &resultSize, NULL, 0))
        {
          resultString = [NSString stringWithCString:result];
        }

      // Free the c string result
      free (result);
    }

  //Returns NULL if the sysctl failed
  return resultString;
}

static inline sysctl_return_int_t
performIntegerSysctlNamed (char *name)
{
  sysctl_return_int_t result = 0;
  size_t resultSize = sizeof(result);

  sysctlbyname (name, &result, &resultSize, NULL, 0);

  return result;
}


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