NAME
Sys::Statistics::Linux::MemStats - Collect linux memory informations.
SYNOPSIS
use Sys::Statistics::Linux::MemStats;
my $lxs = new Sys::Statistics::Linux::MemStats;
my $stats = $lxs->get;
DESCRIPTION
This module collects memory informations from the /proc filesystem. It is tested on x86 hardware with the distributions SuSE (SuSE on s390 and s390x architecture as well), Red Hat, Debian and Mandrake on kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6 but should also running on other linux distributions with the same kernel release number. To run this module it is necessary to start it as root or another user with the authorization to read the /proc filesystem.
MEMORY INFORMATIONS
Generated by /proc/meminfo.
memused - Total size of used memory in kilobytes.
memfree - Total size of free memory in kilobytes.
memusedper - Total size of used memory in percent.
memtotal - Total size of memory in kilobytes.
buffers - Total size of buffers used from memory in kilobytes.
cached - Total size of cached memory in kilobytes.
swapused - Total size of swap space is used is kilobytes.
swapfree - Total size of swap space is free in kilobytes.
swapusedper - Total size of swap space is used in percent.
swaptotal - Total size of swap space in kilobytes.
METHODS
All methods
C<new()>
C<get()>
new()
Call new()
to create a new object.
my $lxs = new Sys::Statistics::Linux::CpuStats;
get()
Call get()
to get the statistics. get()
returns the statistics as a hash reference.
my $stats = $lxs->get;
EXPORTS
No exports.
SEE ALSO
proc(5)
REPORTING BUGS
Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
AUTHOR
Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 by Jonny Schulz. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.