NAME

       Parse::DMIDecode - Interface to SMBIOS using dmidecode

SYNOPSIS

        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"),
            );

DESCRIPTION

       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.

METHODS

   new
        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".

       The "dmidecode" argument specifies the full path and filename of the dmodecode command
       that should used by the "probe" method.

       The "nowarnings" argument instructs Parse::DMIDecode not to emit any parser warnings.

   probe
        $decoder->probe;

       This method executes an active probe to gather information using the dmidecode command. It
       does not accept any arguments.

   parse
        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.

   keyword
        my $serial_number = $decoder->keyword("system-serial-number");

   keywords
        my @keywords = $decoder->keywords;
        my @bios_keywords = $decoder->keywords("bios");

        for my $keyword (@bios_keywords) {
            printf("%s => %s\n",
                    $keyword,
                    $decoder->keyword($keyword)
                );
        }

   handle_addresses
        my @addresses = $decoder->handle_addresses;

   get_handles
        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.

   smbios_version
        my $smbios_version = $decoder->smbios_version;

       Returns the SMBIOS version number.

   dmidecode_version
        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.

   table_location
        my $memory_address = $decoder->table_location;

   structures
        my $total_structures = $decoder->structures;

SEE ALSO

       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)

VERSION

       $Id: DMIDecode.pm 1004 2007-03-11 12:43:25Z nicolaw $

AUTHOR

       Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

       <http://perlgirl.org.uk>

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COPYRIGHT

       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>