Parse::DMIDecode(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Parse::DMIDecode(3pm)

NAME

       Parse::DMIDecode - Interface to SMBIOS using dmidecode

SYNOPSIS

	use strict;
	use Parse::DMIDecode ();

	my $decoder = new Parse::DMIDecode;
	$decoder->probe; # Actively probe using dmidecode

	# Manually supply your own dmidecode output to be parsed
	# $decoder->parse(qx(sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode));

	printf("System: %s, %s",
		$decoder->keyword("system-manufacturer"),
		$decoder->keyword("system-product-name"),
	    );

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides an OO interface to SMBIOS information through the dmidecode command which is known to work under a number of Linux,
       BSD and BeOS variants.

METHODS

   new
	my $decoder = Parse::DMIDecode->new(
			    dmidecode => "/usr/sbin/dmidecode",
			    nowarnings => 1,
			);

       This is the constructor method to create a Parse::DMIDeocde object. It accepts two optional arguments; "dmidecode" and "nowarnings".

       The "dmidecode" argument specifies the full path and filename of the dmodecode command that should used by the "probe" method.

       The "nowarnings" argument instructs Parse::DMIDecode not to emit any parser warnings.

   probe
	$decoder->probe;

       This method executes an active probe to gather information using the dmidecode command. It does not accept any arguments.

   parse
	my $raw = qx(sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode);
	$decoder->prase($raw);

       This method is a passive alternative to the "probe" method. It accepts a single string argument which should contain output from the
       dmidecode command, which it will parse.

   keyword
	my $serial_number = $decoder->keyword("system-serial-number");

   keywords
	my @keywords = $decoder->keywords;
	my @bios_keywords = $decoder->keywords("bios");

	for my $keyword (@bios_keywords) {
	    printf("%s => %s
",
		    $keyword,
		    $decoder->keyword($keyword)
		);
	}

   handle_addresses
	my @addresses = $decoder->handle_addresses;

   get_handles
	use Parse::DMIDecode::Constants qw(@TYPES);

	# Available groups to query: bios, system, baseboard,
	#    chassis, processor, memory, cache, connector, slot
	for my $handle ($decoder->get_handles( group => "memory" )) {
	    printf(">> Found handle at %s (%s):
%s
",
		    $handle->address,
		    $TYPES[$handle->dmitype],
		    $handle->raw
		);
	}

       See Parse::DMIDecode::Handle for accessor method documentation for handle objects.

   smbios_version
	my $smbios_version = $decoder->smbios_version;

       Returns the SMBIOS version number.

   dmidecode_version
	my $dmidecode_version = $decoder->dmidecode_version;

       Returns the version number of the copy of dmidecode that was used to create the source data that was parsed. This value may not be
       available when using older versions of dmidecode.

   table_location
	my $memory_address = $decoder->table_location;

   structures
	my $total_structures = $decoder->structures;

SEE ALSO

       Parse::DMIDecode::Handle, Parse::DMIDecode::Constants, Parse::DMIDecode::Examples, examples/*.pl,
       <http://search.cpan.org/src/NICOLAW/Parse-DMIDecode-0.03/examples/>, <http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/>,
       <http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/>, <http://sourceforge.net/projects/x86info/>, <http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios>, biosdecode(8),
       dmidecode(8), vpddecode(8)

VERSION

       $Id: DMIDecode.pm 1004 2007-03-11 12:43:25Z nicolaw $

AUTHOR

       Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

       <http://perlgirl.org.uk>

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2006,2007 Nicola Worthington.

       This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

       <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>

perl v5.10.1							    2009-12-02						     Parse::DMIDecode(3pm)