System Administration Configuration, installing software, adding users, setting limits, system startup (boot) et al.

See also: Hardware Access - Gateway topic to hardware and real-time related processing routines.

See also: Remote System Information - Obtaining (or providing) system information like status, who is logged in, the local time, et al. Command - FAQs

Network related local information is covered under Communications

Program Environment Variables Getting/ Setting program environment variables

Running Process Information Getting information on running processes.

Process Limits Permission and access restriction (files, resources, etc)

Up to Execution

How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?

See Also

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WatchDogControl {(L)GPL}

EPImon - EPImon is a network, system & security monitoring software for Linux & NetBSD<BR> Programming languages: C, PHP, Perl {(L)GPL}

LCDproc++ - LCDproc++ is a client/server program that displays real-time system information on a graphic- or character-based LCD screen. It aims to extend the original LCDproc by being more flexible and portable. {(L)GPL}

Spong Simple System/Network Monitoring {GPL}

Other Applications and Utilities

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(PERL predefined variable) $OSNAME The name of the operating system under which this copy of Perl was built, as determined during the configuration process.

Other Libraries, Functions, and Components