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NAME

Sys::Statistics::Linux::FileStats - Collect linux file statistics.

SYNOPSIS

use Sys::Statistics::Linux::FileStats;

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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

FILE STATISTICS

Generated by /proc/sys/fs/file-nr, /proc/sys/fs/inode-nr and /proc/sys/fs/dentry-state.

fhalloc    -  Number of allocated file handles.
fhfree     -  Number of free file handles.
fhmax      -  Number of maximum file handles.
inalloc    -  Number of allocated inodes.
infree     -  Number of free inodes.
inmax      -  Number of maximum inodes.
dentries   -  Dirty directory cache entries.
unused     -  Free diretory cache size.
agelimit   -  Time in seconds the dirty cache entries can be reclaimed.
wantpages  -  Pages that are requested by the system when memory is short.

METHODS

new()

Call new() to create a new object.

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

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

 Sys::Statistics::Linux::FileStats->new(
    files => {
        # This is the default
        path     => '/proc',
        file_nr  => 'sys/fs/file-nr',
        inode_nr => 'sys/fs/inode-nr',
        dentries => 'sys/fs/dentry-state',
    }
);

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.