Is there a process accounting module?

[andrew.fabbro]

I'm looking for a module that provides access to process accounting on
Linux systems. The native tools (sa, lastcomm, etc.) don't provide all
the information I need (specifically, process start time), though the
pacct files records (as detailed in acct.h) do include the data.

I couldn't find anything in CPAN...before I start writing C or pack
commands, anyone know if this wheel has already been invented?

Thanks.

 

[A. Sinan Unur]

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I'm looking for a module that provides access to process accounting on
Linux systems. The native tools (sa, lastcomm, etc.) don't provide all
the information I need (specifically, process start time), though the
pacct files records (as detailed in acct.h) do include the data.

I couldn't find anything in CPAN...

I find it hard to believe that you could not find anything on CPAN.

http://search.cpan.org/~durist/Proc-ProcessTable-0.40/ProcessTable.pm

http://search.cpan.org/modlist/Operating_System_Interfaces

Sinan

 

[andrew.fabbro]

I find it hard to believe that you could not find anything on CPAN.

Me, too, but apparently that's the case.

http://search.cpan.org/~durist/Proc-ProcessTable-0.40/ProcessTable.pm

That's the process table, not process accounting. Not the same thing.

http://search.cpan.org/modlist/Operating_System_Interfaces

Confirms it apparently does not exist.