Parse::DMIDecode - Interface to SMBIOS using dmidecode
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"), );
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.
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.
dmidecode
nowarnings
The dmidecode argument specifies the full path and filename of the dmodecode command that should used by the probe method.
probe
The nowarnings argument instructs Parse::DMIDecode not to emit any parser warnings.
$decoder->probe;
This method executes an active probe to gather information using the dmidecode command. It does not accept any arguments.
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.
my $serial_number = $decoder->keyword("system-serial-number");
my @keywords = $decoder->keywords; my @bios_keywords = $decoder->keywords("bios"); for my $keyword (@bios_keywords) { printf("%s => %s\n", $keyword, $decoder->keyword($keyword) ); }
my @addresses = $decoder->handle_addresses;
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):\n%s\n", $handle->address, $TYPES[$handle->dmitype], $handle->raw ); }
See Parse::DMIDecode::Handle for accessor method documentation for handle objects.
my $smbios_version = $decoder->smbios_version;
Returns the SMBIOS version number.
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.
my $memory_address = $decoder->table_location;
my $total_structures = $decoder->structures;
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)
$Id: DMIDecode.pm 1004 2007-03-11 12:43:25Z nicolaw $
Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>
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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
To install Parse::DMIDecode, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Parse::DMIDecode
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Parse::DMIDecode
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.