---
name: "Sys::Filesystem::Unix"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsys-filesystem-perl"
version: "1.408-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Sys::Filesystem::Unix"
---

# Sys::Filesystem::Unix(3pm)

Return generic Unix filesystem information to Sys::Filesystem

## NAME

Sys::Filesystem::Unix - Return generic Unix filesystem information to Sys::Filesystem

## SYNOPSIS

See Sys::Filesystem.

## INHERITANCE

```
  Sys::Filesystem::Unix
  ISA UNIVERSAL
```

## METHODS

- **version()**

  Return the version of the (sub)module.

- readFsTab

  This method provides the capability to parse a standard unix fstab file.

  It expects following arguments:

  - fstabPath

    Full qualified path to the fstab file to read.

  - fstabKeys

    The column names for the fstab file through an array reference.

  - special\_fs

    Hash reference containing the names of all special file systems having a true value as key.

  This method return true in case the specified file could be opened for reading, false otherwise.

- readMntTab

  This method provides the capability to read abd parse a standard unix mount-tab file. The file is locked using flock after opening it.

  It expects following arguments:

  - mnttabPath

    Full qualified path to the mnttab file to read.

  - mnttabKeys

    The column names for the mnttab file through an array reference.

  - $special\_fs

    Hash reference containing the names of all special file systems having a true value as key.

  This method return true in case the specified file could be opened for reading and locked, false otherwise.

- readMounts

  This method is called to parse the information got from `"mount"` system command. It expects following arguments:

  - mount\_rx

    Regular expression to extract the information from each mount line.

  - pridx

    Array reference containing the index for primary keys of interest in match in following order: device, mount\_point, type.

  - keys

    Array reference of the columns of the match - in order of paranteses in regular expression.

  - special

    Array reference containing the names of the special file system types.

  - lines

    Array containing the lines to parse.

- readSwap

  This method is called to parse the information from the swap status. It expects following arguments:

  - swap\_rx

    Regular expression to extract the information from each swap status line. This regular expression should have exact one pair of parantheses to identify the swap device.

  - lines

    Array containing the lines to parse.

## AUTHOR

Nicola Worthington \<nicolaw@cpan.org\> - \<http://perlgirl.org.uk\>

Jens Rehsack \<rehsack@cpan.org\> - \<http://www.rehsack.de/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2004,2005,2006 Nicola Worthington.

Copyright 2008-2020 Jens Rehsack.

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

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