import os class VmStat(object): def __init__(self): self.vmstat_file = open('/proc/vmstat') self.vmstat = self.read() def read(self): def extract(line): return int(line.split()[1]) * 1024 for line in self.vmstat_file: if line.startswith('pgpgin '): pgpgin = extract(line) break for line in self.vmstat_file: if line.startswith('pgpgout '): pgpgout = extract(line) break self.vmstat_file.seek(0) return pgpgin, pgpgout def delta(self): now = self.read() delta = now[0] - self.vmstat[0], now[1] - self.vmstat[1] self.vmstat = now return delta