Chad Kellerman wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
>     What would be the easiest way to find the uptime of a linux
> machine?  I don't want to use a system call.  Is there a module I can
> use? Or do I have to open /proc/uptime and calculate it thru there?
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help..
> 
> Chad
> 

yes. try the following:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Sys::Load qw/getload uptime/;

print "System load: ", (getload())[0], "\n";
print "System uptime: ", int uptime(), "\n";

__END__

david

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