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1 < libstatgrab is a library for collecting system statistics for use in
2 < other programs. It is designed to work on Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD.
1 > libstatgrab 0.7.1 (06 January 2004)
2 >
3 > * Support for Linux 2.6.
4 > * Support for Cygwin.
5 > * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
6 > * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
7 > * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
8 > * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
9 >   (after using the init function)
10 >
11 > libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
12 >
13 > * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
14 > * FreeBSD code optimised.
15 > * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
16 > * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
17 > * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
18 > * Minor bug fixes.
19 > * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
20 >   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
21 >
22 > libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
23 >
24 > * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
25 > * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
26 > * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
27 > * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
28 > * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
29 > * Minor packaging changes.
30 >
31 > libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
32 >
33 > * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
34 >   the current system statistics.
35 > * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
36 > * Documentation is now available in manpages.
37 > * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
38 > * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
39 >
40 > libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
41 >
42 > * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
43 > * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
44 >   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
45 > * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
46 >   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
47 > * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
48 >   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
49 >
50 > libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
51 >
52 > * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
53 > * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
54 > * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
55 >
56 > libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
57 >
58 > * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
59 >
60 > libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
61 >
62 > * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
63 >
64 > libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
65 >
66 > * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
67 >   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
68 >   connected.
69 >
70 > libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
71 >
72 > * Network statistics wraparound fix.
73 >
74 > libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
75 >
76 > * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
77 > * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
78 >
79 > libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
80 >
81 > * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
82 >
83 > libstatgrab 0.2 (03 March 2003)
84 >
85 > * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).
86 >

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