pylinux Package

pylinux Module

pylinux.pylinux.arch()

Architecture of the OS

pylinux.pylinux.avg_load()

Average load

pylinux.pylinux.cpuinfo()

Return the data in /proc/cpuinfo as a dictionary of dictionaries

pylinux.pylinux.distro_name()

Linux distribution Name

pylinux.pylinux.distro_nickname()

Distro Nickname

pylinux.pylinux.distro_release()

Release

pylinux.pylinux.freemem()

Free memory

pylinux.pylinux.hostname()

Return the Hostname

pylinux.pylinux.ipaddr()

IP address used to connect to the world

pylinux.pylinux.kernel()

Kernel version

pylinux.pylinux.last_boot()

Time of last boot

pylinux.pylinux.lsof()

Number of Open files

pylinux.pylinux.mounts(nodev=True)

Return current filesystem usage stats . uses df utility command

nodev=True for getting physical FSs

False for all

pylinux.pylinux.netdevs()

Retrieve the Network device information using readproc.py module

pylinux.pylinux.nprocs()

Number of processing units

pylinux.pylinux.processes()

Currently running processes

pylinux.pylinux.totalmem()

Total memory in the system

pylinux.pylinux.uptime()

System uptime

pylinux.pylinux.users()

Currently logged in users

readproc Module

pylinux.readproc.cpuinfo()

Return the information in /proc/cpuinfo as a dictionary in the following format: cpu_info[‘proc0’]={...} cpu_info[‘proc1’]={...}

pylinux.readproc.maps(pid)

Returns the /proc/<pid>maps data as a machine consumable list of dictionary with each item having the following fields:

address permissions offset dev inode pathname

pylinux.readproc.meminfo()

Return the information in /proc/meminfo as a dictionary

pylinux.readproc.netdevs()

RX and TX bytes for each of the network devices

pylinux.readproc.nprocs()

Number of processing units

pylinux.readproc.process_list()

List of all process IDs currently active

pylinux.readproc.process_name(pid)

Given a PID return the process name

pylinux.readproc.pstree(pid)

Find the process tree corresponding to a process with PID, pid

pylinux.readproc.sharedlibs(pid)

Shared libraries used by the process with the given PID

pylinux.readproc.status(pid)

Returns the state of the process as represented in /proc/<pid>status as a machine consumable dictionary

pylinux.readproc.uptime()

Returns system uptime in hours