On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:35:35PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Tim, > > > > regarding OpenBSD::Uptime - I think OpenBSD::SysInfo will be a more suitable > > > name; I just find myself implementing some further functionality, and > > > consolidating these things into a SysInfo module seems like a natural thing > > > to me. > > > > Is it _really_ OpenBSD specific? In what way? > > For now, it uses sysctl(3) to get some information; future additions will > probably also use the kvm(3) set of library functions to access the kernel > virtual memory image directly, which - I think makes it pretty > opensbd-specific.
FreeBSD, NetBSD, etc etc? > It just might work on other *bsd variants, but I can > neither confirm nor deny that; I don't have experience with those, and don't > have any boxes running those, either. Furthermore, I'd just like to add more > to this module without having to worry about compatibility with other OSes, > so I still would suggest OpenBSD:: as the namespace. The more general ::SysInfo name names that more reasonable I guess. > Apart from that - since I'm just talking to you, thanks to you and Alligator > for "Programming the Perl DBI" - I've got a copy of it here, and it sure has > helped me a couple of times. :) Thanks. I'm glad it helped. Tim.
