BALL::SysInfo Namespace Reference

Functions
BALL_EXPORT LongIndex	getAvailableMemory ()
BALL_EXPORT LongIndex	getFreeMemory ()
BALL_EXPORT LongIndex	getTotalMemory ()
BALL_EXPORT LongIndex	getBufferedMemory ()
BALL_EXPORT LongIndex	getFreeSwapSpace ()
BALL_EXPORT Time	getUptime ()
BALL_EXPORT Index	getNumberOfProcessors ()

Detailed Description

Namespace for methods to obtain informations about the systems hardware. All memory values are returned in amounts of byte. See the man page for sysinfo, GetSystemInfo and /proc/cpuinfo under Linux.

See also

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/memory/base/memorystatus_str.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/memory/base/globalmemorystatusex.asp

Function Documentation

BALL_EXPORT LongIndex BALL::SysInfo::getAvailableMemory

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The the total amount of free memory (under linux + getBufferedMemory()).

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT LongIndex BALL::SysInfo::getBufferedMemory

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Return the buffered memory under Linux

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT LongIndex BALL::SysInfo::getFreeMemory

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The the amount of freee memory.

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT LongIndex BALL::SysInfo::getFreeSwapSpace

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Return the the amount of free swap memory.

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT Index BALL::SysInfo::getNumberOfProcessors

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Get the number of processors

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT LongIndex BALL::SysInfo::getTotalMemory

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The the total amount of memory.

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read

BALL_EXPORT Time BALL::SysInfo::getUptime

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Get the uptime of the system. Works currently only under Unix, not under Windows.

Returns

-1 if no valid value could be read