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

NAME

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes - Collect linux process statistics.

SYNOPSIS

	   use Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes;

	   my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes->new;
	   # or Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes->new(pids => @pids)

	   $lxs->init;
	   sleep 1;
	   my $stat = $lxs->get;

DESCRIPTION

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes gathers process information from the virtual /proc filesystem (procfs).

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

PROCESS STATISTICS

       Generated by /proc/<pid>/stat, /proc/<pid>/status, /proc/<pid>/cmdline and getpwuid().

       Note that if /etc/passwd isn't readable, the key owner is set to N/a.

	   ppid      -	The parent process ID of the process.
	   nlwp      -	The number of light weight processes that runs by this process.
	   owner     -	The owner name of the process.
	   pgrp      -	The group ID of the process.
	   state     -	The status of the process.
	   session   -	The session ID of the process.
	   ttynr     -	The tty the process use.
	   minflt    -	The number of minor faults the process made.
	   cminflt   -	The number of minor faults the child process made.
	   mayflt    -	The number of mayor faults the process made.
	   cmayflt   -	The number of mayor faults the child process made.
	   stime     -	The number of jiffies the process have beed scheduled in kernel mode.
	   utime     -	The number of jiffies the process have beed scheduled in user mode.
	   ttime     -	The number of jiffies the process have beed scheduled (user + kernel).
	   cstime    -	The number of jiffies the process waited for childrens have been scheduled in kernel mode.
	   cutime    -	The number of jiffies the process waited for childrens have been scheduled in user mode.
	   prior     -	The priority of the process (+15).
	   nice      -	The nice level of the process.
	   sttime    -	The time in jiffies the process started after system boot.
	   actime    -	The time in D:H:M:S (days, hours, minutes, seconds) the process is active.
	   vsize     -	The size of virtual memory of the process.
	   nswap     -	The size of swap space of the process.
	   cnswap    -	The size of swap space of the childrens of the process.
	   cpu	     -	The CPU number the process was last executed on.
	   wchan     -	The "channel" in which the process is waiting.
	   fd	     -	This is a subhash containing each file which the process has open, named by its file descriptor.
			0 is standard input, 1 standard output, 2 standard error, etc. Because only the owner or root
			can read /proc/<pid>/fd this hash could be empty.
	   cmd	     -	Command of the process.
	   cmdline   -	Command line of the process.

       Generated by /proc/<pid>/statm. All statistics provides information about memory in pages:

	   size      -	The total program size of the process.
	   resident  -	Number of resident set size, this includes the text, data and stack space.
	   share     -	Total size of shared pages of the process.
	   trs	     -	Total text size of the process.
	   drs	     -	Total data/stack size of the process.
	   lrs	     -	Total library size of the process.
	   dtp	     -	Total size of dirty pages of the process (unused since kernel 2.6).

       It's possible to convert pages to bytes or kilobytes. Example - if the pagesize of your system is 4kb:

	   $Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes::PAGES_TO_BYTES =    0; # pages (default)
	   $Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes::PAGES_TO_BYTES =    4; # convert to kilobytes
	   $Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes::PAGES_TO_BYTES = 4096; # convert to bytes

	   # or with
	   Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes->new(pages_to_bytes => 4096);

       Generated by /proc/<pid>/io.

	   rchar		 -  Bytes read from storage (might have been from pagecache).
	   wchar		 -  Bytes written.
	   syscr		 -  Number of read syscalls.
	   syscw		 -  Numner of write syscalls.
	   read_bytes		 -  Bytes really fetched from storage layer.
	   write_bytes		 -  Bytes sent to the storage layer.
	   cancelled_write_bytes -  Refer to docs.

       See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt for more (from kernel 2.6.20)

METHODS

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

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

       It's possible to handoff an array reference with a PID list.

	   my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes->new(pids => [ 1, 2, 3 ]);

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

	    Sys::Statistics::Linux::Processes->new(
	       files => {
		   # This is the default
		   path    => '/proc',
		   uptime  => 'uptime',
		   stat    => 'stat',
		   statm   => 'statm',
		   status  => 'status',
		   cmdline => 'cmdline',
		   wchan   => 'wchan',
		   fd	   => 'fd',
		   io	   => 'io',
	       }
	   );

   init()
       Call "init()" to initialize the statistics.

	   $lxs->init;

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

	   my $stat = $lxs->get;

       Note:

       Processes that were created between the call of init() and get() are returned as well, but the keys minflt, cminflt, mayflt, cmayflt,
       utime, stime, cutime, and cstime are set to the value 0.00 because there are no inititial values to calculate the deltas.

   raw()
       Get raw values.

EXPORTS

       No exports.

SEE ALSO

       proc(5)

       perldoc -f getpwuid

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::Processes(3pm)