Description

A Ruby interface for gathering various bits of information about your CPU.

Synopsis

   
   require "sys/cpu"
   include Sys

   # BSD and OS X
   puts "Architecture: " + CPU.architecture
   puts "Machine: " + CPU.machine
   puts "Mhz: " + CPU.cpu_freq.to_s
   puts "Number of cpu's on this system: " + CPU.num_cpu.to_s
   puts "CPU model: " + CPU.model
   puts "Load averages: " + CPU.load_avg.join(", ")
   

Constants

VERSION

Returns the current version number for this package.

Class Methods

CPU.architecture

Returns the cpu's architecture.

CPU.freq

Returns an integer indicating the speed (i.e. frequency in Mhz) of the cpu.

Not supported on OS X.

CPU.load_avg

Returns an array of three floats indicating the 1, 5 and 15 minute load average.

CPU.machine

Returns the class of cpu (probably identical to the architecture).

CPU.model

Returns a string indicating the cpu model.

CPU.num_cpu

Returns an integer indicating the number of cpu's on the system.

Error Classes

CPU::Error < StandardError

Raised is response to internal function errors, usually relating to an invalid cpu number.

Known Bugs

None known. Please post bug reports to the SourceForge home page at http://www.rubyforge.org/projects/sysutils

Copyright

(C) 2003-2007 Daniel J. Berger
All Rights Reserved

Warranty

This package is provided "as is" and without any exblockquotess or implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

License

Ruby's

Author

Daniel J. Berger
djberg96 at nospam at gmail dot com
imperator on IRC (Freenode)