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5Sys::MemInfo - Memory informations
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SYNOPSIS

8         use Sys::MemInfo qw(totalmem freemem totalswap);
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10         print "total memory: ".(&totalmem / 1024)."\n";
11         print "free memory:  ".(&freemem / 1024)."\n";
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13         print "total swap: ".(&totalswap / 1024)."\n";
14         print "free swap:  ".(Sys::MemInfo::get("freeswap") / 1024)."\n";
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DESCRIPTION

17       Sys::MemInfo return the total amount of free and used physical memory
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20       Total amount of free and user swap memory are alse returned in
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23       This module has been tested on Linux 2.6.10, UnixWare 7.1.2, AIX5,
24       OpenBSD 3.8, NetBSD 2.0.2, FreBSD 5.4, HPUX11, Solaris 9, Tru64 5.1,
25       Irix 6.5, Mac OS X 10.2 darwin and Windows XP.
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27       It should work on FreeBSD 4 and Windows 9X/ME/NT/200X/Vista.
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METHODS

30       availkeys
31           Return list of all accessor keys (freemem, totalmem, etc.)  This is
32           useful for dumping out all known information from the object by
33           calling get() on all of the returned keys.
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35       freemem
36           Returns free physical memory in bytes.
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39           Returns free swap space in bytes.
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41       get Returns the value of the passed key.
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44           Returns total physical memory size in bytes.
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AUTHOR

50       Sylvain Cresto <scresto@gmail.com>
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52       Thanks to Laurent Dufour and Wilson Snyder.
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BUGS

55       Please send bug-reports to scresto@gmail.com
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LICENCE

58       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
59       under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
60       by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
61       (at your option) any later version.
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63       This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
64       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
65       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
66       Lesser General Public License for more details.
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68       You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
69       License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
70       Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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73       Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 - Sylvain Cresto
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