Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats(3pm)

NAME

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats - Collect linux socket statistics.

SYNOPSIS

	   use Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats;

	   my $lxs  = Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new;
	   my $stat = $lxs->get;

DESCRIPTION

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats gathers socket statistics from the virtual /proc filesystem (procfs).

       For more information read the documentation of the front-end module Sys::Statistics::Linux.

SOCKET STATISTICS

       Generated by /proc/net/sockstat.

	   used    -  Total number of used sockets.
	   tcp	   -  Number of tcp sockets in use.
	   udp	   -  Number of udp sockets in use.
	   raw	   -  Number of raw sockets in use.
	   ipfrag  -  Number of ip fragments in use (only available by kernels > 2.2).

METHODS

   new()
       Call "new()" to create a new object.

	   my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new;

       It's possible to set the path to the proc filesystem.

	    Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new(
	       files => {
		   # This is the default
		   path => '/proc',
		   sockstat => 'net/sockstat',
	       }
	   );

   get()
       Call "get()" to get the statistics. "get()" returns the statistics as a hash reference.

	   my $stat = $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.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-09				    Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats(3pm)