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Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and |
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Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes. |
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Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names |
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of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although |
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this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run |
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we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However, |
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for those who still need the old functions we have provided |
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The other main change in this release is a new function to |
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documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with |
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this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting |
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process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced |
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error reporting functions that allow calling applications to |
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see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error. |
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Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots |
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pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python |
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Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release brings new features and new platforms. We've |
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added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed, |
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privileges. See the NEWS file for more information. |
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Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use |
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Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file |
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speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along |
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with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the |
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library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now |
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Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial |
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support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk |
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names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names. |
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various places. Finally, a new function has been added to |
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make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab |
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libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform |
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It's written in C and presents a selection of useful |
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interfaces which can be used to access key system |
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statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU |
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network traffic, disk I/O, and more. |
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The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux |
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The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The |
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