NAME

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats - Collect linux socket statistics.

SYNOPSIS

           use Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats;

           my $lxs  = Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new;
           my $stat = $lxs->get;

DESCRIPTION

       Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats gathers socket statistics from the virtual /proc
       filesystem (procfs).

       For more information read the documentation of the front-end module
       Sys::Statistics::Linux.

SOCKET STATISTICS

       Generated by /proc/net/sockstat.

           used    -  Total number of used sockets.
           tcp     -  Number of tcp sockets in use.
           udp     -  Number of udp sockets in use.
           raw     -  Number of raw sockets in use.
           ipfrag  -  Number of ip fragments in use (only available by kernels > 2.2).

METHODS

   new()
       Call "new()" to create a new object.

           my $lxs = Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new;

       It's possible to set the path to the proc filesystem.

            Sys::Statistics::Linux::SockStats->new(
               files => {
                   # This is the default
                   path => '/proc',
                   sockstat => 'net/sockstat',
               }
           );

   get()
       Call "get()" to get the statistics. "get()" returns the statistics as a hash reference.

           my $stat = $lxs->get;

EXPORTS

       No exports.

SEE ALSO

       proc(5)

REPORTING BUGS

       Please report all bugs to <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

AUTHOR

       Jonny Schulz <jschulz.cpan(at)bloonix.de>.

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.