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<li><a href="#news">News</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a></li> |
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<a name="news"><h2>News</h2></a> |
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<b>Wednesday 22 October 2003</b><br><br> |
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Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br> |
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Download it |
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The most significant change in this release is support for NetBSD |
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1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been optimised, and an initialise |
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function has been added to allow programs to drop any extra privileges |
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libstatgrab needs. The list of known file systems has been increased, |
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and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms. Finally, |
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saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't get all the |
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<b>Saturday 18 October 2003</b><br><br> |
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Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br> |
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Download it |
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<a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">here</a>. |
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This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and some |
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bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some fixes to saidar, |
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<b>Friday 10 October 2003</b><br><br> |
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Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br> |
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You can download it from our mirror site |
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This release includes some exciting new tools, support for FreeBSD |
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5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major bugfixes and |
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packaging enhancements. |
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<b>Tuesday 09 September 2003</b><br><br> |
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We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br> |
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You can download version 0.5.1 from |
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<a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">here</a>. |
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<b>Monday 25 August 2003</b><br><br> |
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We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br> |
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You can download version 0.5 from |
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<a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">here</a>. |
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This release provides both documentation and examples, which |
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we hope will make the package more useable. Stay tuned for the |
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next release with some useful tools. |
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<a name="what"><h2>What is libstatgrab?</h2></a> |
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libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to |
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statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and |
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presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access |
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key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU |
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usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network |
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traffic, disk I/O, and more. |
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The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.4, FreeBSD |
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operating systems as possible. |
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The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The first, |
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<a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a curses-based interface to |
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viewing the current state of the system. The second, statgrab, gives a |
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sysctl-style interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This |
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extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or anything |
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else that can't easily make C function calls. Included with statgrab is |
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configuration file to use statgrab. |
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<a name="download"><h2>Downloading</h2></a> |
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The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from our |
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make use of the |
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port to install libstatgrab for you. |
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pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably best to start with |
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Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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This release fixes a problem with the shared library |
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Monday 26 July 2004 |
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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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We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and |
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NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab |
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that broke network statistics on Solaris. New |
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variables have been added to the pkg-config file to |
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suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and |
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we've added error reporting functions that store errno |
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values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the |
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Thursday 20 May 2004 |
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Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Download it |
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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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compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details. |
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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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of areas of the code. This release does not include the python |
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bindings - they're now available as their own project called |
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Sunday 21 March 2004 |
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pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python |
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bindings, has been released. Check out it's |
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Wednesday 10 March 2004 |
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Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Download it |
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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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etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o |
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errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for |
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OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done |
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to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated |
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privileges. See the NEWS file for more information. |
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Wednesday 11 February 2004 |
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Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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The main focus of this release is adding support for |
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Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use |
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libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras |
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directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the |
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Wednesday 21 January 2004 |
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Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Download it |
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This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file |
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descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant |
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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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Tuesday 6 January 2004 |
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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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There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in |
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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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Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz"> |
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here</a>. |
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The most significant change in this release is support for |
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NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been |
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optimised, and an initialise function has been added to |
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allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab |
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needs. The list of known file systems has been increased, |
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and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms. |
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Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't |
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get all the statistics. |
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Saturday 18 October 2003 |
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Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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Download it |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz"> |
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here</a>. |
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This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and |
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some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some |
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fixes to saidar, and statgrab. |
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Friday 10 October 2003 |
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Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br /> |
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You can download it from our mirror site |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz"> |
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here</a>. |
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This release includes some exciting new tools, support for |
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FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major |
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bugfixes and packaging enhancements. |
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Tuesday 09 September 2003 |
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We're pleased to announce a new release of |
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libstatgrab.<br /> |
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You can download version 0.5.1 from |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz"> |
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here</a>. |
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Monday 25 August 2003 |
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We're pleased to announce a new release of |
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libstatgrab.<br /> |
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You can download version 0.5 from |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz"> |
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here</a>. |
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</p> |
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This release provides both documentation and examples, |
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which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay |
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tuned for the next release with some useful tools. |
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<a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a> |
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</h2> |
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<p> |
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libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform |
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access to statistics about the system on which it's run. |
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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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usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, |
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network traffic, disk I/O, and more. |
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<p> |
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The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux |
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2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x, |
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DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to |
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include as many operating systems as possible. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The |
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first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a |
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curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the |
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system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style |
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interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This |
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extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or |
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anything else that can't easily make C function calls. |
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Included with statgrab is a script to generate an |
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<a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file |
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to use statgrab. |
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<a id="download">Downloading</a> |
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</h2> |
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<p> |
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The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from |
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our primary download |
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<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/"> |
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mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our |
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<a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL |
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files contained within the archive. If you're using |
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make |
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use of the |
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<a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab"> |
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devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you. |
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</p> |
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<h2> |
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<a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a> |
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</h2> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<a href="/pystatgrab/">Python</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="http://pecl.php.net/statgrab/">PHP (external)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Statgrab/">Perl (external)</a> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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Here are links to bindings for higher level languages |
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that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written |
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a binding for another language, please get |
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<a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we |
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can add a link here. |
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</p> |
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<a id="development">Development</a> |
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</h2> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<a href="/cgi-bin/cvslog.cgi?period=thisweek&module=projects/libstatgrab">Commits this week</a> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system. |
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Using this link you can see what changes we've made this week. |
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For more information on our CVS setup see our |
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<a href="/cvs.xhtml">CVS page</a>. |
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</p> |
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<a id="documentation">Documentation</a> |
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</h2> |
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<p> |
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The only online documentation we have at the moment is the |
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manual pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably |
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best to start with the overview manual page: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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Then we have the manual pages for each function: |
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</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_cpu_stats.html">sg_get_cpu_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_disk_io_stats.html">sg_get_disk_io_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_fs_stats.html">sg_get_fs_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_host_info.html">sg_get_host_info(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_load_stats.html">sg_get_load_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_mem_stats.html">sg_get_mem_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_network_iface_stats.html">sg_get_network_iface_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_network_io_stats.html">sg_get_network_io_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_page_stats.html">sg_get_page_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_process_stats.html">sg_get_process_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<a href="sg_get_user_stats.html">sg_get_user_stats(3)</a> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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<h2> |
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<a id="screenshot">Screenshot</a> |
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</h2> |
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<p> |
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Here's what saidar looks like when it's running: |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<img src="saidar.png" alt="saidar screenshot" /> |
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