1 Nebuloids Types

1.1 NULL

name	NULL
module	mod_null
platforms	posix
inst() args	none
get function	Always returns 0.
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.2 ALIVE

name	ALIVE
module	mod_alive
platforms	posix
inst() args	none
get function	Returns a 0 to signify that the process does not exist and non-zero to signify that it does.
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.3 CPU

name	CPU
module	mod_cpu
platforms	nto
inst() args	none
get function	Return that percentage of cpu usage used by the process (or whole system, if pid is 0) multiplied by 1000.
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.4 FD

name	FD
module	mod_fd
platforms	nto
inst() args	none
get function	Returns number of file descriptors used by the process(or whole system, if pid is 0. not done yet)
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.5 GETPIDBYNAME

name	GETPIDBYNAME
module	mod_getpidbyname
platforms	nto
inst() args	kString String containing name of process.
get function	Returns that pid of the first process that matches the name of the string given on instantiation. 0 if none exist.
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.6 KILL

name	KILL
module	mod_kill
platforms	posix
inst() args	kInt Integer representing the signal number
get function	Sends signal number to the process. Returns errno from signal().
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

Should the signal number be give on get instead of on instantiation?

1.7 LOG

name	LOG
module	mod_log
platforms	posix
inst() args	kInt Type of error logging. 0 - stderr, 1 - file, 2 - syslog. kString Log filename, or syslog server address.
get function	Records a log message.
get() args	kInt Severity of log message 0-10 (fatal-debug). kString Log message itself.
set function	nothing

1.8 MAXMEM

name	MAXMEM
module	mod_maxmem
platforms	nto
inst() args	none
get function	Returns the total amount of memory in the system(in bytes.)
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.9 MEM

name	MEM
module	mod_mem
platforms	nto
inst() args	kInt 0 just heap 1 heap/stack 2 code/data/heap/stack 3 code/data/heap/stack/shared_objects 4 code/data/heap/stack/shared_objects/other(memmapped files, shared memory, etc).
get function	Return the amount of memory in bytes used by the process or system.
get() args	none
set function	nothing.

1.10 VAR

name	VAR
module	mod_var
platforms	posix
inst() args	kInt Value to be stored in variable.
get function	Return value stored in variable.
get() args	none
set function	Sets value of variable.

1.11 EXIT

name	EXIT
module	mod_exit
platforms	posix
inst() args	none.
get function	Used for testing. Immediately exit()'s the program.
get() args	kInt Exit code of the process.
set function	nothing.

1.12 SH

name	SH
module	mod_sh
platforms	posix
inst() args	kString Path of your shell.
get function	Starts a shell with the arguement given. Returns the pid of the shell or if the argument begins with `exec' the pid of the program exec'd.
get() args	kString Command line to be executed by the shell.
set function	nothing.
note	This will not work with QNX Neutrino's uesh.

1.13 EXEC

name	EXEC
module	mod_exec
platforms	posix
inst() args	none
get function	Fork()'s and exec()'s the program. No arguements are allows. This is a very special purpose nebuloid and is rarely useful, but it does allow you to execute programs without a shell. Returns the pid of the process.
get() args	kString Program to be executed.
set function	nothing.