.. java:import:: java.io File

.. java:import:: java.io IOException

.. java:import:: java.util LinkedList

.. java:import:: java.util List

.. java:import:: java.util.logging Level

.. java:import:: java.util.logging Logger

.. java:import:: rsb.util FileReadingUtilities

LinuxHostInfo
=============

.. java:package:: rsb.util.os
   :noindex:

.. java:type:: public class LinuxHostInfo extends PortableHostInfo

   Linux-specific implementation of \ :java:ref:`CommonHostInfo`\  class. Tries to compute and cache a unique machine id (and hostname information) based on the following information:

   ..

   #. contents of /etc/machine-id
   #. contents of /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
   #. local hostname

   :author: swrede, ssharma, jwienke

Constructors
------------
LinuxHostInfo
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:constructor:: public LinuxHostInfo()
   :outertype: LinuxHostInfo

   Creates a new instance and initializes all provided variables using default paths for machine ids.

LinuxHostInfo
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. java:constructor:: public LinuxHostInfo(List<File> machineIdCascade)
   :outertype: LinuxHostInfo

   Creates a new instance with a user-defined cascade of files to check for the first working machine id.

   :param machineIdCascade: cascade of files to check for machine ids. The first file that contains a readable ID will be used