Memory

[Christian Heimes]

Am 07.10.2011 21:39, schrieb Frank Ruiz:
> Quick question,
> 
> What is the best way for pulling resource information for a system
> running linux? Was wondering if there was a python only way.
> 
> Methods I am aware of are:
> 
> 1. Parsing contents of /proc
> 2. Running a system command like free, or dmidecode and parsing the output.
> 
> Is there any other way to pull.. lets say memory information? i.e.
> Find how much total RAM a system has on it.

Yes, use psutil. http://code.google.com/p/psutil/