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+libstatgrab NEWS
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+http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/
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+$Id$
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+PLANS: We're now working towards a 1.0 release which is where we plan
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+       to stabilise the API. We'll be doing test releases before hand,
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+       but as always we'll like to hear about any bugs found in the
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+       current release.
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+libstatgrab 0.17 (21 February 2010)
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+ * Provide iowait cpu information on Linux version 2.5.41 or later.
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+ * Display data for ZFS on Solaris.
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+ * Dynamically get list of valid filesystems on FreeBSD.
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+     (Thanks to Baptiste Daroussin)
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+ * Support FreeBSD 9.
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+ * Use utmpx when available (required for FreeBSD 9).
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+     (Thanks to Ed Schouten)
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+ * Support larger amounts of memory on FreeBSD.
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+     (Thanks to Tom Bird)
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+libstatgrab 0.16 (13 March 2008)
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+ * Fix saidar build on Solaris with Sun's compiler.
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+ * Add support for FreeBSD 8.0.
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+ * Fix build on "armel" Debian port.
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+     (Thanks to Riku Voipio and Martin Guy)
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+ * Fix statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with no swap.
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+     (Thanks to Tom Carlson)
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+libstatgrab 0.15 (14 July 2007)
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+ * Fix breakages in memory stats on OpenBSD that were introduced in
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+   the last release.
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+     (Thanks to David Love)
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+ * Update internal string functions and some related cleanups.
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+     (Thanks to David Love)
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+ * Fix compile warning on FreeBSD.
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+libstatgrab 0.14 (08 January 2007)
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+ * Fix memory stats on OpenBSD.
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+ * Add colour support to saidar.
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+     (Thanks to Angelina Carlton)
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+ * Fix CPU stats on Solaris - swap and iowait were incorrectly reported.
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+ * Fix kstat related memory leaks on Solaris.
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+     (Thanks to Javier Donaire)
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+ * Fix network stats on some unusual Solaris setups.
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+ * Fix process time_spent on Linux.
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+     (Thanks to Fred Barnes)
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+ * Make interface up status check the link status as well.
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+     (Thanks to Michelangelo Vassallo)
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+ * Fix build on NetBSD 3.
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+     (Thanks to Wijnand Wiersma)
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+ * Rework curses detection code in the configure script.
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+ * Fix bug that caused saidar to crash when the window was rapidly resized.
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+libstatgrab 0.13 (19 March 2006)
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+ * Fix build problems with recent linux kernels.
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+ * Make saidar truncate disk/inteface/mount names to fit in display.
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+ * Add WIN32 support using MINGW (not widely tested).
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+ * Fix network interface up/down status on Solaris.
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+ * Add extern "C" to header file to make linking with C++ code easier.
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+ * Fix statgrab to cope with filesystem paths containing dots.
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+ * Make NFS a legal filesystem type on all platforms.
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+ * A few minor build fixes.
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+libstatgrab 0.12 (31 July 2005)
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+ * More details added to filesystem statistics.
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+     (Patches provided by Roman Neuhauser)
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+ * Rework Linux partition detection.
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+ * Fix compile error in network stats on Linux 2.6.
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+     (Patches provided by Scott Lampert)
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+ * Change name of duplex value in network interface stats.
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+     NOTE: this minor change breaks the API.
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+ * Manual pages for saidar, statgrab and the other tools.
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+ * Fix minor typo in statgrab usage output.
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+ * Support for Solaris 10.
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+ * Support for FreeBSD 7.
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+libstatgrab 0.11.1 (03 March 2005)
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+ * Add NFS to list of supported filesystems.
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+ * Fix reporting of network interface duplex settings on Linux.
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+ * Fix saidar to support negative FS usage.
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+libstatgrab 0.11 (09 November 2004)
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+ * Add support for HP-UX 11.11.
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+    (Patches provided by Roy Keene)
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+ * Minor fixes to statgrab mrtg tools.
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+ * Minor fixes to saidar.
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+ * Minor code cleanups and fixes to libstatgrab.
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+libstatgrab 0.10.3 (24 August 2004)
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+ * Add -f flag to statgrab to display floating-point numbers multiplied
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+   by an integer.
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+ * Add -K, -M and -G flags to statgrab to show byte counts in kibibytes,
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+   mebibytes or gibibytes.
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+ * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config use the new flags to scale extremely
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+   large or small numbers so that mrtg can handle them.
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+ * Make statgrab-make-mrtg-config automatically detect network interface
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+   speeds.
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+ * Add support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT.
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+libstatgrab 0.10.2 (27 July 2004)
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+ * Fix shared library version that when backwards in 0.10.1.
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+libstatgrab 0.10.1 (26 July 2004)
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+ * Use DESTDIR correctly when setting permissions at install time.
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+ * Fix disk stats to work with OpenBSD 3.5.
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+ * Fix disk stats on NetBSD 2.0 (statvfs instead of statfs).
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+ * Fix memory leak in process stats on NetBSD 2.0.
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+ * Add vxfs (Veritas filesystem) to list of known filesystems
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+   on Solaris.
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+ * Add more variables to the pkg-config file to suggest suitable
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+   ownership and permissions for binaries using libstatgrab.
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+ * Make sure statgrab.h can safely be included twice.
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+ * Fix statgrab to display network interface names even if they
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+   don't have IO stats (like the loopback interface on Solaris).
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+ * Add error reporting function that grabs errno.
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+libstatgrab 0.10 (20 May 2004)
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+ * All function and structure names now follow a standardised
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+   naming scheme. This will break compatibility with existing
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+   programs. To use pre-0.10 compatibility functions:
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+     #define SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED
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+     #include <statgrab.h>
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+ * New process stats function added to provide full details
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+   on currently running processes. See sg_get_process_stats
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+   for details.
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+ * Compare functions provided for process, network, and disk io
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+   statistics. These can be used with qsort.
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+ * Error reporting functions added. See sg_get_error and
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+   associated functions.
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+ * Support added for NetBSD 2.0.
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+ * Lots of code tidying.
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+ * Python bindings now exist in a separate package:
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+     http://www.i-scream.org/pystatgrab/
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+libstatgrab 0.9 (10 March 2004)
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+ * Added network interface information:
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+     speed, duplex, up/down.
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+ * Added more statistics on network interfaces:
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+     i/o packets, i/o errors, and collisions.
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+ * Added support for OpenBSD 3.3.
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+ * Added support for DragonFly BSD 1.0.
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+ * No longer need elevated privileges on most platforms:
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+     FreeBSD 5, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
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+     (see PLATFORMS file for details on which OS's need elevated privileges)
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+ * Minor changes to the return types of the python bindings functions.
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+ * PLEASE NOTE: this will break binary (only) compatibility.
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+libstatgrab 0.8.2 (11 February 2004)
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+ * Fixes to add support for Solaris 6.
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+ * Python bindings available in extras directory.
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+ * Some tidying up of code.
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+libstatgrab 0.8.1 (21 January 2004)
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+ * The library part of libstatgrab is now released under the LGPL.
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+   (the tools are still released under the GPL)
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+ * File descriptor leak fixed on Linux.
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+ * strlcpy/strlcat functions added for Solaris 7 to fix compile.
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+ * statgrab_init error behaviour fixed (primarly for Solaris 7).
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+ * Some incorrect #includes moved.
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+ * Significant speed increases to the Solaris disk mapping code in
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+   statgrab_init, which improves startup time.
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+ * Minor fix for saidar's -d flag and negative numbers.
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+libstatgrab 0.8 (06 January 2004)
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+ * Support for Linux 2.6.
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+ * Support for Cygwin.
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+ * Use cNtNdNsN names on Solaris instead of sdN.
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+ * Fixes and optimisations to saidar.
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+ * Fixes to the --disable-saidar and --disable-statgrab configure flags.
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+ * New function to drop elevated privileges some OS's require.
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+   (after using the init function)
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+libstatgrab 0.7 (22 October 2003)
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+ * Support for NetBSD 1.6.x.
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+ * FreeBSD code optimised.
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+ * Initialise function allows programs to drop extra privileges (on *BSD).
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+ * saidar now works even if it can't get all statistics.
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+ * List of known file systems increased on Linux and *BSD.
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+ * Minor bug fixes.
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+ * Tested (and working) on Solaris 9 x86, Linux 2.2 on alpha, and
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+   Linux 2.4 on amd64.
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+libstatgrab 0.6.1 (18 October 2003)
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+ * Support for FreeBSD 5.1/sparc64.
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+ * Bugs fixed in FreeBSD memory statistics.
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+ * saidar displays disk percentages more "correctly".
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+ * Bug fixed displaying hostname in saidar.
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+ * statgrab now handles unusual /dev layouts more gracefully.
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+ * Minor packaging changes.
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+libstatgrab 0.6 (09 October 2003)
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+ * saidar, a curses-based tool, has been added to give an overview of
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+   the current system statistics.
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+ * Added support for FreeBSD 5.1.
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+ * Documentation is now available in manpages.
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+ * Fixed major bug in the FreeBSD diskio stats.
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+ * Added a .pc file for pkgconfig.
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+libstatgrab 0.5.1 (09 September 2003)
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+ * Network stats wrap-around bug fixed on Linux and FreeBSD
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+ * Linux now reads disk information from /proc/partitions if available.
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+   This results in it getting data for all the disks.
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+ * An additional tool, statgrab, has been added to allow external programs
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+   to easily parse statistics generated by libstatgrab.
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+ * Scripts to generate MRTG (www.mrtg.org) configs with statgrab have
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+   been added. This allows graphs to be generated from system stats.
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+libstatgrab 0.5 (25 August 2003)
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+ * Fixed a bug with process stats on FreeBSD.
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+ * Added documentation in 'docs' directory.
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+ * Added examples in 'examples' directory.
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+libstatgrab 0.4 (09 April 2003)
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+ * Support added for FreeBSD 4.x (not tested on 5.x).
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+libstatgrab 0.3.4 (31 March 2003)
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+ * Fixed memory leak, and file descriptor leak on linux.
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+libstatgrab 0.3.3 (22 March 2003)
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+ * Network statistics wraparound code was broken on interfaces that
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+   transfered no data - typically second interfaces that weren't
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+   connected.
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+libstatgrab 0.3.2 (21 March 2003)
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+ * Network statistics wraparound fix.
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+libstatgrab 0.3.1 (12 March 2003)
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+ * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below
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+ * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported
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+ * Fixed network statistics on Solaris 7 or below.
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+ * Disk IO statistics are correctly reported.
+libstatgrab 0.3 (10 March 2003)
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+ * Support added for Linux with a 2.4 kernel.
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+ * Initial working release for Solaris (tested on 7, 8, and 9).

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