Proc::Info::Environment - Read Environment Variables of any Process
use Proc::Info::Environment; my $proc_info = Proc::Info::Environment->new(); my $env = $proc_info->env( $pid ); print "\$PATH of process $pid is $env->{PATH}\n";
Proc::Info::Environment retrieves the settings of environment variables in arbitrary running processes of the operating system.
For example,
use Proc::Info::Environment; my $proc_env = Proc::Info::Environment->new(); my $env = $proc_env->env( 123 );
will retrieve the environment settings of the process with the pid 123 and (if this process exists and is readable by the user) return them as a hash reference in $env.
As an illustrative (but not very useful) example, retrieving
my $env = $proc_env->env( $$ );
will return a reference to a hash similar to %ENV, which contains the environment variables of the current process.
%ENV
Reading other processes' environment variables is only possible if the operating system (a) supports a method to do this and (b) the user of the currently running process is either root, or has the same uid as the process whose variables it wants to read.
Proc::Info::Environment is currently supported only for specific Unix systems. On Linux, it will use the procfs file system mounted under /proc to get the information needed. It will read the file /proc/xxx/environ, where xxx is the pid of the target process.
To verify if Proc::Info::Environment supports your operating system, run Proc::Info::Environment::os_supported(), which returns a true value if it is supported. If the OS is unsupported, the new() constructor will die() with an error message listing all currently supported operating systems.
The module's architecture allows for easy support of other systems, if you want support for one and know how the information is provided, drop me an email.
Copyright 2010 by Mike Schilli, all rights reserved. This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
2010, Mike Schilli <cpan@perlmeister.com>
To install Proc::Info::Environment, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Proc::Info::Environment
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Proc::Info::Environment
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.