perl-Linux-loadavg

Linux::loadavg

INTRODUCTION

This module is purely for Linux usage only. A similar module exist for Solaris; Solaris::loadaverage. Actually Linux::loadavg is a direct derive from Solaris::loadaverage.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL make make test make install

DEPENDENCIES

None

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2007-2024, Niels van Dijke, http://perlboy.net

REMARKS

The author is aware of the existence of another XS getloadavg module: BSD::getloadavg. This module however can not be swapped out in the way both Linux::loadavg and Solaris::loadavg can be done. See: 'examples/osdetect.pl'.

CREDITS

Credits should go to:

Alexander Golomshtok (http://search.cpan.org/~agolomsh/) Author of Solaris::loadavg

Dan Kogai (http://search.cpan.org/~dankogai/) Author of BSD:::getloadavg package and 'benchmark.pl'