# os Stability: 4 - API Frozen Provides a few basic operating-system related utility functions. Use `require('os')` to access this module. ## os.tmpdir() Returns the operating system's default directory for temp files. ## os.endianness() Returns the endianness of the CPU. Possible values are `"BE"` or `"LE"`. ## os.hostname() Returns the hostname of the operating system. ## os.type() Returns the operating system name. ## os.platform() Returns the operating system platform. ## os.arch() Returns the operating system CPU architecture. ## os.release() Returns the operating system release. ## os.uptime() Returns the system uptime in seconds. ## os.loadavg() Returns an array containing the 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages. The load average is a measure of system activity, calculated by the operating system and expressed as a fractional number. As a rule of thumb, the load average should ideally be less than the number of logical CPUs in the system. The load average is a very UNIX-y concept; there is no real equivalent on Windows platforms. That is why this function always returns `[0, 0, 0]` on Windows. ## os.totalmem() Returns the total amount of system memory in bytes. ## os.freemem() Returns the amount of free system memory in bytes. ## os.cpus() Returns an array of objects containing information about each CPU/core installed: model, speed (in MHz), and times (an object containing the number of milliseconds the CPU/core spent in: user, nice, sys, idle, and irq). Example inspection of os.cpus: [ { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 252020, nice: 0, sys: 30340, idle: 1070356870, irq: 0 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 306960, nice: 0, sys: 26980, idle: 1071569080, irq: 0 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 248450, nice: 0, sys: 21750, idle: 1070919370, irq: 0 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 256880, nice: 0, sys: 19430, idle: 1070905480, irq: 20 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 511580, nice: 20, sys: 40900, idle: 1070842510, irq: 0 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 291660, nice: 0, sys: 34360, idle: 1070888000, irq: 10 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 308260, nice: 0, sys: 55410, idle: 1071129970, irq: 880 } }, { model: 'Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz', speed: 2926, times: { user: 266450, nice: 1480, sys: 34920, idle: 1072572010, irq: 30 } } ] ## os.networkInterfaces() Get a list of network interfaces: { lo0: [ { address: '::1', family: 'IPv6', internal: true }, { address: 'fe80::1', family: 'IPv6', internal: true }, { address: '127.0.0.1', family: 'IPv4', internal: true } ], en1: [ { address: 'fe80::cabc:c8ff:feef:f996', family: 'IPv6', internal: false }, { address: '10.0.1.123', family: 'IPv4', internal: false } ], vmnet1: [ { address: '10.99.99.254', family: 'IPv4', internal: false } ], vmnet8: [ { address: '10.88.88.1', family: 'IPv4', internal: false } ], ppp0: [ { address: '10.2.0.231', family: 'IPv4', internal: false } ] } ## os.EOL A constant defining the appropriate End-of-line marker for the operating system.