Proc::ProcessTable, version .01 STATUS ====== This is ALPHA software; use at your own risk. Currently only works on Linux. Feedback greatly appreciated. DESCRIPTION =========== This module is a first crack at providing a consistent interface to Unix (and maybe other multitasking OS's) process table information. The impetus for this came about with my frustration at having to parse the output of various systems' ps commands to check whether specific processes were running on different boxes at a larged mixed Unix site. The output format of ps was different on each OS, and sometimes changed with each new release of an OS. Also, running a ps subprocess from within a perl or shell script and parsing the output was not a very efficient or aesthetic way to do things. With this module, you can do things like this: # kill memory pigs use Proc::ProcessTable; $t = new Proc::ProcessTable; foreach $p ( @{$t->table} ){ if( $p->pctmem > 95 ){ $p->kill(9); } } INSTALLATION ============ This module needs the File::Find and Storable modules in order to work. File::Find is generally included with perl distributions; Storable is available from CPAN. After unpacking the tar file, do: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install There is embedded POD documentation in ProcessTable.pm and Process/Process.pm. SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS =========================== At the moment, this module only works on Linux (specifically, Redhat 5.0 for Intel, which is all I have access to right now, but hopefully it will work on other Linuxes). Please see the file PORTING if you are interested in making it work on something else. COPYRIGHT ========= Copyright (c) 1998, Daniel J. Urist. All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. -- Daniel J. Urist durist@world.std.com