#***************************************************************************** #* * #* Gellyfish Software * #* * #* * #***************************************************************************** #* * #* MODULE : Sys::Utmp * #* * #* AUTHOR : JNS * #* * #* DESCRIPTION : Object(ish) interface to utmp information * #* * #* * #***************************************************************************** package Sys::Utmp; =head1 NAME Sys::Utmp - Object(ish) Interface to UTMP files. =head1 SYNOPSIS use Sys::Utmp; my $utmp = Sys::Utmp->new(); while ( my $utent = $utmp->getutent() ) { if ( $utent->user_process ) { print $utent->ut_user,"\n"; } } $utmp->endutent; See also examples/pwho in the distribution directory. =head1 DESCRIPTION Sys::Utmp provides a vaguely object oriented interface to the Unix user accounting file ( sometimes /etc/utmp or /var/run/utmp). Whilst it would prefer to use the getutent() function from the systems C libraries it will attempt to provide its own if they are missing. This may not be the module that you are looking for - there is a User::Utmp which provides a different procedural interface and may well be more complete for your purposes. =head2 METHODS =over 4 =item new The constructor of the class. Arguments may be provided in Key => Value pairs : it currently takes one argument 'Filename' which will set the file which is to be used in place of that defined in _PATH_UTMP. =item getutent Iterates of the records in the utmp file returning a Sys::Utmp::Utent object for each record in turn - the methods that are available on these objects are descrived in the L documentation. If called in a list context it will return a list containing the elements of th Utent entry rather than an object. If the import flag ':fields' is used then constants defining the indexes into this list will be defined, these are uppercase versions of the methods described in L. =item setutent Rewinds the file pointer on the utmp filehandle so repeated searches can be done. =item endutent Closes the file handle on the utmp file. =item utmpname SCALAR filename Sets the file that will be used in place of that defined in _PATH_UTMP. It is not defined what will happen if this is done between two calls to getutent() - it is recommended that endutent() is called first. =back =cut use strict; use warnings; use Carp qw(croak); require Exporter; require DynaLoader; use base qw(Exporter DynaLoader); BEGIN { our @constants = qw( ACCOUNTING BOOT_TIME DEAD_PROCESS EMPTY INIT_PROCESS LOGIN_PROCESS NEW_TIME OLD_TIME RUN_LVL USER_PROCESS ); } use Sys::Utmp::Utent; BEGIN { our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'constants' => [ @Sys::Utmp::constants ], 'fields' => [ @Sys::Utmp::Utent::EXPORT] ); our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'constants'} }, @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'fields'}} ); } our $VERSION = '1.8'; sub new { my ( $proto, %args ) = @_; my $self = {}; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; bless $self, $class; if ( exists $args{Filename} and -s $args{Filename} ) { $self->utmpname($args{Filename}); } return $self; } our $AUTOLOAD; sub AUTOLOAD { my ( $self ) = @_; my $constname; return if $AUTOLOAD =~ /DESTROY/; ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://; croak "& not defined" if $constname eq 'constant'; my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0); if ($! != 0) { croak "Your vendor has not defined Sys::Utmp macro $constname"; } { no strict 'refs'; *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { $val }; } goto &$AUTOLOAD; } 1; bootstrap Sys::Utmp $VERSION; __END__ =head2 EXPORT No methods or constants are exported by default. =head2 Exportable constants These constants are exportable under the tag ':constants': ACCOUNTING BOOT_TIME DEAD_PROCESS EMPTY INIT_PROCESS LOGIN_PROCESS NEW_TIME OLD_TIME RUN_LVL USER_PROCESS These are the values that will be found in the ut_type field of the L object. These constants are exported under the tag ':fields' : UT_USER UT_ID UT_LINE UT_PID UT_TYPE UT_HOST UT_TIME These provide the indexes into the list returned when C is called in list context. =head1 BUGS Probably. This module has been tested on Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD ,SCO Openserver and SCO UnixWare and found to work on those platforms. If you have difficulty building the module or it doesnt behave as expected then please contact the author including if appropriate your /usr/include/utmp.h Patches to make this work better on any platform are always welcome. The source is managed at https://github.com/jonathanstowe/Sys-Utmp so feel free to fork and send a pull request. =head1 AUTHOR Jonathan Stowe, Ejns@gellyfish.co.ukE =head1 LICENCE This Software is Copyright Netscalibur UK 2001, Jonathan Stowe 2001-2013 This Software is published as-is with no warranty express or implied. This is free software and can be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L. L =cut