NAME

Sys::Info - Fetch information from the host system

SYNOPSIS

use Sys::Info;
my $info = Sys::Info->new;
printf "Perl version is %s\n", $info->perl;
if(my $httpd = $info->httpd) {
    print "HTTP Server is $httpd\n";
}
my $cpu = $info->device('CPU');
my $os  = $info->os;
printf "Operating System is %s\n", $os->name( long => 1 );
printf "CPU: %s\n", scalar $cpu->identify;

DESCRIPTION

Extracts and collects information from the host system.

METHODS

new

Constructor.

os

Creates and returns an instance of a Sys::Info::OS object. See Sys::Info::OS for available methods.

device

Creates and returns an instance of the specified device's object. See Sys::Info::Device for more information.

perl

Returns the perl version in the version number format (i.e.: 5.8.8). This is also true for legacy perls (i.e.: 5.005_03 will be 5.5.3)

perl_build

Returns the ActivePerl build number if code is used under Windows with ActivePerl. Returns zero otherwise.

perl_long

This method is just a combination of perl & perl_build.

httpd

If the code is used under a HTTP server and this server is recognised, returns the name of this server. Returns undef otherwise.

cpu

Deprecated. Use the device() method instead.

CONSTANTS

OSID

Returns the OS identifier.

SEE ALSO

Sys::Info::OS, Sys::Info::Device, Filesys::Ext2, Filesys::Statvfs, Filesys::Type Filesys::DiskFree, Filesys::DiskSpace, Filesys::DiskUsage, Linux::Distribution, Linux::Distribution::Packages, Probe::MachineInfo, Sys::CPU, Sys::CpuLoad, Sys::Filesystem, Sys::HostIP, Sys::Hostname::FQDN, Sys::Load, Sys::MemInfo, Sys::Uptime, Unix::Processors, Win32::SystemInfo, Win32, Win32API::File, Win32API::Net, Win32::OLE, Win32::TieRegistry

AUTHOR

Burak Gürsoy, <burak@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006-2008 Burak Gürsoy. All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

cpanm Sys::Info

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Sys::Info