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Node.js system utilities
##Summary
##Install
npm install nsutil
##Prebuilt binaries (node v0.10.28)
OSX 64-bit
Linux 64-bit
Linux 32-bit
##Rebuild (if you need)
node-gyp configure build
##Usage
var ns = require('nsutil')
// synchronous with return
res = ns.cpuTimes()
// callback (asynchronous or synchronous)
ns.cpuTimes(function(err, res) {
if (!err) console.log(res);
})
// output =>
{ user: 40.76, nice: 118.53, system: 683.01, idle: 287470.94 }
##APIs
####CPU
#####[Function] cpuTimes
// sync
res = ns.cpuTimes()
// callback
ns.cpuTimes(function(err, res) { ... });
// output =>
{ user: 40.76, nice: 118.53, system: 683.01, idle: 287470.94 }
#####[Function] perCpuTimes
// sync
res = ns.perCpuTimes()
// callback
ns.perCpuTimes(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { user: 174.18, nice: 0, sys: 123.64, idle: 1411.73 },
{ user: 68.05, nice: 0, sys: 42.15, idle: 1599.30 },
{ user: 129.05, nice: 0, sys: 62.55, idle: 1517.90 },
{ user: 58.15, nice: 0, sys: 28.77, idle: 1622.58 } ]
#####[Function] cpuCountLogical (cpuCountPhysical)
// sync
res = ns.cpuCountLogical()
// callback
ns.cpuCountLogical(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
2
####Memory
#####[Function] virtualMemory
// sync
res = ns.virtualMemory()
// callback
ns.virtualMemory(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
// OSX
{ total: 4294967296,
active: 1476833280,
avail: 1163386880,
used: 3606433792,
free: 237256704,
inactive: 926130176,
wire: 1203470336 }
// Linux
{ total: 383238144,
active: 66637824,
avail: 315265024,
used: 206503936,
free: 176734208,
inactive: 71880704,
buffers: 25927680,
cached: 112603136 }
#####[Function] swapMemory
// sync
res = ns.swapMemory()
// callback
ns.swapMemory(function(err, res) { ... });
// output =>
{ total: 1073741824,
used: 6815744,
free: 1066926080,
sin: 2724483072,
sout: 20860928 }
####Disks
#####[Function] diskUsage
// sync
res = ns.diskUsage('/')
// callback
ns.diskUsage('/', function(err, res) { ... })
// output => unit:bytes
{ free: 816916015625,
total: 1148920703125,
used: 10647291015625 }
#####[Function] diskPartitions
// sync
res = ns.diskPartitions()
// callback
ns.diskPartitions(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { device: '/dev/disk0s2',
mount_point: '/',
fs_type: 'hfs',
options: 'rw,local,rootfs,dovolfs,journaled,multilabel' },
{ device: 'devfs',
mount_point: '/dev',
fs_type: 'devfs',
options: 'rw,local,dontbrowse,multilabel' },
...]
#####[Function] diskIOCounters
// sync
res = ns.diskIOCounters()
// callback
ns.diskIOCounters(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ disk0:
{ reads: 1170484,
writes: 668337,
read_bytes: 18236701696,
write_bytes: 21262711296,
read_time: 825561,
write_time: 540807 },
disk1:
{ reads: 11704,
writes: 6683,
read_bytes: 182367016,
write_bytes: 212627112,
read_time: 8255,
write_time: 5408 }
...}
####Network
#####[Function] netConnections
// sync
res = ns.netConnections()
// callback
ns.netConnections(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { fd: 22,
family: 'AF_INET',
type: 'SOCK_STREAM',
laddr: ['X.X.X.X', XXXX],
raddr: ['X.X.X.X', XXXX],
state: 'ESTABLISHED' },
...]
#####[Function] netIOCounters
// sync
res = ns.netIOCounters()
// callback
ns.netIOCounters(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ bridge0:
{ obytes: 684,
ibytes: 0,
opkts: 2,
ipkts: 0,
oerrs: 0,
ierrs: 0,
iqdrops: 0 },
en0:
{ obytes: 160304770,
ibytes: 2578607670,
opkts: 1614175,
ipkts: 2421909,
oerrs: 0,
ierrs: 0,
iqdrops: 0 },
...}
####Other system info
#####[Function] bootTime
// sync
res = ns.bootTime()
// callback
ns.bootTime(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
1400543744000 // timestamp ms
#####[Function] users
// sync
res = ns.users()
// callback
ns.users(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[
{"username":"Dx.Yang", "tty":"console", "host":"", "startTime":1400548608},
{"username":"Dx.Yang", "tty":"ttys000", "host":"", "startTime":1400548608},
{"username":"Dx.Yang", "tty":"ttys001", "host":"", "startTime":1400548608}
]
####Process management
#####[Function] pids
// sync
res = ns.pids()
// callback
ns.pids(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[6652,6651,6640,6639,6638,6633,6632,6615,6606...]
####[Class] Process
// only sync
proc = ns.Process(6652) // arguments[0] is a pid
// return a instance of Process
#####[Method] proc.name
// sync
res = proc.name()
// callback
proc.name(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
'node'
#####[Method] proc.exe
// sync
res = proc.exe()
// callback
proc.exe(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
'/usr/local/bin/node'
#####[Method] proc.cmdline
// sync
res = proc.cmdline()
// callback
proc.cmdline(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ 'node',
'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha',
'test_osx.js',
'-R',
'spec' ]
#####[Method] proc.ppid
// sync
res = proc.ppid()
// callback
proc.ppid(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
6651 //parent process id
#####[Method] proc.cwd
// sync
res = proc.cwd()
// callback
proc.cwd(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
'/Users/node_modules/nsutil/test'
#####[Method] proc.uids
// sync
res = proc.uids()
// callback
proc.uids(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ real: 501, effective: 501, saved: 501 }
#####[Method] proc.gids
// sync
res = proc.gids()
// callback
proc.gids(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ real: 20, effective: 20, saved: 20 }
#####[Method] proc.terminal
// sync
res = proc.terminal()
// callback
proc.terminal(funciton(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
'/dev/ttys004'
#####[Method] proc.memoryInfo
// sync
res = proc.memoryInfo()
// callback
proc.memoryInfo(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ rss: 18440192, vms: 3119169536 }
#####[Method] proc.cpuTimes
// sync
res = proc.cpuTimes()
// callback
proc.cpuTimes(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ user: 0.139774113, sys: 0.027113125 }
#####[Method] proc.createTime
// sync
proc.createTime()
// callback
proc.createTime(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
1400565545000 // timestamp ms
#####[Method] proc.numCtxSwitches
// sync
res = proc.numCtxSwitches()
// callback
proc.numCtxSwitches(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
{ voluntary: 32, involuntary: 4 }
#####[Method] proc.numThreads
// sync
res = proc.numThreads()
// callback
proc.numThreads(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
4
#####[Method] proc.openFiles
// sync
res = proc.openFiles()
// callback
proc.openFiles(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { path: '/dev/ttys004', fd: 0 },
{ path: '/dev/ttys004', fd: 1 },
{ path: '/dev/ttys004', fd: 2 },
... ]
#####[Method] proc.connections
// sync
res = proc.connections() // default is 'all'
// or
res = proc.connections('inet') // or tcp、tcp4、tcp6、udp、udp4、udp6、unix、inet、inet4、inet6
// callback
proc.connections(function(err, res) { ... })
// or
proc.connections('inet', function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { fd: 22,
family: 'AF_INET',
type: 'SOCK_STREAM',
laddr: ['X.X.X.X', XXXX],
raddr: ['X.X.X.X', XXXX],
state: 'ESTABLISHED' },
...]
#####[Method] proc.numFds
// sync
res = proc.numFds()
// callback
proc.numFds(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
12
#####[Method] proc.getNice
// sync
res = proc.getNice()
// callback
proc.getNice(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
0
#####[Method] proc.setNice
// sync
res = proc.setNice(10) // arguments[0] is nice value
// callback
proc.setNice(10, function(err, res) { ... });
// output =>
0 // success
-1 // fail
#####[Method] proc.status
// sync
res = proc.status()
// callback
proc.status(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
'running'
#####[Method] proc.threads
// sync
res = proc.threads()
// callback
proc.threads(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
[ { idx: 1,
user: 0.14695000648498535,
sys: 0.02574799954891205 },
{ idx: 2,
user: 0.00007100000220816582,
sys: 0.00008600000001024455 },
{ idx: 3,
user: 0.00002499999936844688,
sys: 0.00008499999967170879 },
{ idx: 4,
user: 0.0006169999833218753,
sys: 0.0019920000340789557 } ]
#####[Method] proc.memMaps
// sync
res = proc.memMaps()
// callback
proc.memMaps(function(err, res) { ... })
// output =>
// OSX
[
{
"pmmap_ext" : "0000000100000000-0000000100617000",
"addr_perms" : "r-x/rwx",
"path":"/usr/local/bin/node",
"rss" : 45056,
"private" : 0,
"swapped" : 0,
"dirtied" : 0,
"ref_count" : 7,
"shadow_depth" : 1
},
...]
// Linux
[
{
"pmmap_ext": "7f1517342000-7f151734e000",
"addr_perms": "r-xp",
"path": "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.17.so",
"Size": 49152,
"Rss": 0,
"Pss": 0,
"Shared_Clean": 0,
"Shared_Dirty": 0,
"Private_Clean": 0,
"Private_Dirty": 0,
"Referenced": 0,
"Anonymous": 0,
"AnonHugePages": 0,
"Swap": 0,
"KernelPageSize": 4096,
"MMUPageSize": 4096,
"Locked": 0
},
...]
#####[Method] proc.ioCounters (Linux only)
// sync
res = proc.ioCounters()
// callback
proc.ioCounters(function(err, res) { ... })
// output=>
{ rcount: 20474, wcount: 14600, rbytes: 2109440, wbytes: 8192 }
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Node.js system utilities
The npm package nsutil receives a total of 33 weekly downloads. As such, nsutil popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that nsutil demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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