--- a/check_mem.pl	Thu Jun 30 14:44:08 2011 +0200
+++ b/check_mem.pl	Thu Jun 30 15:58:49 2011 +0200
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 my $ME      = basename $0;
 my $NAME    = "MEM";
-my $VERSION = "0.1";
+my $VERSION = "0.2";
 
 my %opt = (
     warning  => 70,
@@ -81,23 +81,19 @@
 }
 
 sub get_meminfo() {
-    my ( $total, $free, $used, $percent );
-    my $file = '/proc/meminfo';
-
-    open( FH, $file )
-      or say "$NAME CRITICAL: $file - $!." and exit $ERRORS{CRITICAL};
+    my ( $total, $used, $free, $percent );
+    my @cmd = ( '/usr/bin/free', '-m' );
 
-    while (<FH>) {
-        /^MemTotal:\s+(?<total>[\d.]+)/
-          and $total = ( sprintf( "%.0f", $+{total} / 1024 ) )
+    foreach (`/usr/bin/free -m`) {
+        /^Mem:\s+(?<total>[\d.]+)/
+          and $total = $+{total}
           and next;
-        /^MemFree:\s+(?<free>[\d.]+)/
-          and $free = ( sprintf( "%.0f", $+{free} / 1024 ) )
+        /^.+buffers\/cache:\s+(?<used>[\d.]+)/
+          and $used = $+{used}
           and last;
     }
-    close(FH);
 
-    $used = ( $total - $free );
+    $free = ( $total - $used );
     $percent = ( sprintf( "%.0f", ( $used / $total ) * 100 ) );
 
     return ( $percent, $total, $used, $free );
@@ -164,7 +160,7 @@
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-This man page is current for version 0.1 of B<check_mem>.
+This man page is current for version 0.2 of B<check_mem>.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 

--- a/debian/changelog	Thu Jun 30 14:44:08 2011 +0200
+++ b/debian/changelog	Thu Jun 30 15:58:49 2011 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+nagios-plugin-mem (0.2) lenny squeeze; urgency=low
+
+  * now output memory usage without buffers and cached files
+
+ -- Christian Arnold <arnold@schlittermann.de>  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:54:29 +0200
+
 nagios-plugin-mem (0.1) lenny squeeze; urgency=low
 
   * Initial Release.