Ocsinve...::Common(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this manual page is Ocsinve...::Common(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and the module is Ocsinventory::Agent::Common — its whole vibe is to give common methods to other modules 🫶. Think of it as the group-chat helper that hands inventory-building methods to all the other modules.

Here’s every method in the exact order the page lists them, bestie — no skips, no “I’ll summarize later,” we’re doing all of them 💅✨.

• addController() — Add a controller in the inventory.
• addUsb() — Add external usb devices in the inventory.
• addInput() — Add internal inputs as keyboard, mouse in the inventory.
• addModem() — Add a modem in the inventory.
• addDrive() — Add a partition in the inventory.
• addStorages() — Add a storage system (hard drive, USB key, SAN volume, etc) in the inventory.
• addMemory() — Add a memory module in the inventory.
• addPort() — Add a port module in the inventory.
• addSlot() — Add a slot in the inventory.
• addSoftware() — Register a software in the inventory.
• addMonitor() — Add a monitor (screen) in the inventory.
• addVideo() — Add a video card in the inventory.
• addSound() — Add a sound card in the inventory.
• addNetwork() — Register a network in the inventory.
• addRepo() — Register a repository in the inventory.
• setHardware() — Save global information regarding the machine. The use of setHardware() to update USERID and PROCESSOR* information is deprecated, please, use addUser() and addCPU() instead. 🚨 like, actually deprecated, so don’t be out here using it for those updates.
• setBios() — Set BIOS information.
• addCPU() — Add a CPU in the inventory.
• addUser() — Add an user in the list of logged user.
• addLocalUser() — Add local users in the inventory.
• addLocalGroup() — Add local groups in the inventory.
• addPrinter() — Add a printer in the inventory.
• addVirtualMachine() — Add a Virtual Machine in the inventory.
• addProcess() — Record a running process in the inventory.
• addCamera() — Add a camera device in the inventory. Only avalaible for MacOSX — yes, spelling exactly as the page has it, bestie 💀.
• addIpDiscoverEntry() — IpDiscover is used to identify network interface on the local network. This is done on the ARP level. This function adds a network interface in the inventory. 🛰️
• setAccessLog() — the description is literally “What is that for? :)” — iconic, honestly.
• flushXMLTags() — Clear the content of $common->{xmltags} (to use after adding it in XML).
• addBatteries() — Add a memory module in the inventory. (yes, that’s exactly the line 🫶)

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okay that’s the whole page, no cap! cute little footer sign-off: this is perl v5.32.1, dated 2026-06-05, on Ocsinve...::Common(3) — byeee bestie 💖✨🎀