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<funcdef>int <function>statgrab_init</function></funcdef> |
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<void/> |
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</funcprototype> |
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<funcdef>int <function>statgrab_drop_privileges</function></funcdef> |
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<funcprototype> |
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<funcdef>cpu_percent_t *<function>cpu_percent_usage</function></funcdef> |
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</funcprototype> |
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<refsect1> |
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<title>Description</title> |
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<para> |
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The statgrab library provides a cross platform interface to getting |
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The statgrab library provides a cross-platform interface to getting |
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system statistics. Each of the function calls returns a structure |
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containing statistics. See the manual page for each individual |
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function for more details on usage. |
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</para> |
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<function>statgrab_init</function> must be the first |
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function you call before you start to use libstatgrab; it performs all |
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the one-time initialisation operations that need setuid/setgid |
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privileges. For instance, on *BSD it opens a descriptor to be able to |
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read kernel structures later on, and on Solaris it reads the device |
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mappings that in some cases are only accessible by root (machines with |
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a /dev/osa). Once this has run, the other libstatgrab functions no longer |
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need elevated privileges. It is therefore a good idea to call |
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<function>statgrab_drop_privileges</function>, which discards |
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setuid and setgid privileges, immediately after you call |
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<function>statgrab_init</function>, unless your application has |
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another reason for needing setuid or setgid privileges. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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<function>statgrab_init</function> and |
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<function>statgrab_drop_privileges</function> return 0 on success, and |
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non-zero on failure. |
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monitoring system, but has since become a standalone package. It |
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has been ported to work on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. |
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has been ported to work on Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris and Cygwin. |
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