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=head1 NAME
Sys::Statistics::Linux::LoadAVG - Collect linux load average statistics.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Sys::Statistics::Linux::LoadAVG;
my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::LoadAVG->new;
my $stat = $lxs->get;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Sys::Statistics::Linux::LoadAVG gathers the load average from the virtual F</proc> filesystem (procfs).
For more informations read the documentation of the front-end module L<Sys::Statistics::Linux>.
=head1 LOAD AVERAGE STATISTICS
Generated by F</proc/loadavg>.
avg_1 - The average processor workload of the last minute.
avg_5 - The average processor workload of the last five minutes.
avg_15 - The average processor workload of the last fifteen minutes.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 new()
Call C<new()> to create a new object.
my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::LoadAVG->new;
=head2 get()
Call C<get()> to get the statistics. C<get()> returns the statistics as a hash reference.
my $stat = $lxs->get;
=head1 EXPORTS
No exports.
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<proc(5)>
=head1 REPORTING BUGS
Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.
=head1 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.
=cut
our $VERSION = '0.06';
use strict;
use Carp qw(croak);
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my %self = (
files => {
loadavg => '/proc/loadavg',
}
);
return bless \%self, $class;
}
sub get {
my $self = shift;
my $class = ref $self;
my $file = $self->{files};
my %lavg = ();
open my $fh, '<', $file->{loadavg} or croak "$class: unable to open $file->{loadavg} ($!)";
( $lavg{avg_1}
, $lavg{avg_5}
, $lavg{avg_15}
) = (split /\s+/, <$fh>)[0..2];
close($fh);
return \%lavg;
}
1;