NAME
   Parse::DMIDecode - Interface to SMBIOS using dmidecode

SYNOPSIS
    use strict;
    use Parse::DMIDecode ();

my $decoder = new Parse::DMIDecode;
    $decoder->probe; # Actively probe using dmidecode

# Manually supply your own dmidecode output to be parsed
    # $decoder->parse(qx(sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode));

printf("System: %s, %s",
            $decoder->keyword("system-manufacturer"),
            $decoder->keyword("system-product-name"),
        );

DESCRIPTION
   This module provides an OO interface to SMBIOS information through the
   *dmidecode* command which is known to work under a number of Linux, BSD
   and BeOS variants.

METHODS
 new
    my $decoder = Parse::DMIDecode->new(
                        dmidecode => "/usr/sbin/dmidecode",
                        nowarnings => 1,
                    );

   This is the constructor method to create a Parse::DMIDeocde object. It
   accepts two optional arguments; "dmidecode" and "nowarnings".

   The "dmidecode" argument specifies the full path and filename of the
   *dmodecode* command that should used by the "probe" method.

   The "nowarnings" argument instructs Parse::DMIDecode not to emit any
   parser warnings.

 probe
    $decoder->probe;

   This method executes an active probe to gather information using the
   *dmidecode* command. It does not accept any arguments.

 parse
    my $raw = qx(sudo /usr/sbin/dmidecode);
    $decoder->prase($raw);

   This method is a passive alternative to the "probe" method. It accepts a
   single string argument which should contain output from the *dmidecode*
   command, which it will parse.

 keyword
    my $serial_number = $decoder->keyword("system-serial-number");

 keywords
    my @keywords = $decoder->keywords;
    my @bios_keywords = $decoder->keywords("bios");

for my $keyword (@bios_keywords) {
        printf("%s => %s\n",
                $keyword,
                $decoder->keyword($keyword)
            );
    }

 handle_addresses
    my @addresses = $decoder->handle_addresses;

 get_handles
    use Parse::DMIDecode::Constants qw(@TYPES);

# Available groups to query: bios, system, baseboard,
    #    chassis, processor, memory, cache, connector, slot
    for my $handle ($decoder->get_handles( group => "memory" )) {
        printf(">> Found handle at %s (%s):\n%s\n",
                $handle->address,
                $TYPES[$handle->dmitype],
                $handle->raw
            );
    }

   See Parse::DMIDecode::Handle for accessor method documentation for
   handle objects.

 smbios_version
    my $smbios_version = $decoder->smbios_version;

   Returns the SMBIOS version number.

 dmidecode_version
    my $dmidecode_version = $decoder->dmidecode_version;

   Returns the version number of the copy of *dmidecode* that was used to
   create the source data that was parsed. This value may not be available
   when using older versions of *dmidecode*.

 table_location
    my $memory_address = $decoder->table_location;

 structures
    my $total_structures = $decoder->structures;

SEE ALSO
   Parse::DMIDecode::Handle, Parse::DMIDecode::Constants,
   Parse::DMIDecode::Examples, examples/*.pl,
   <http://search.cpan.org/src/NICOLAW/Parse-DMIDecode-0.03/examples/>,
   <http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/>, <http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/>,
   <http://sourceforge.net/projects/x86info/>,
   <http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios>, biosdecode(8), dmidecode(8),
   vpddecode(8)

VERSION
   $Id: DMIDecode.pm 1004 2007-03-11 12:43:25Z nicolaw $

AUTHOR
   Nicola Worthington <[email protected]>

   <http://perlgirl.org.uk>

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COPYRIGHT
   Copyright 2006,2007 Nicola Worthington.

   This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version
   2.0.

   <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>

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