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16            <div id="topnav">
17              <ul>
18                <li>
19 <                <a href="#news">News</a>
19 >                <a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
20                </li>
21                <li>
22 <                <a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
22 >                <a href="#news">News</a>
23                </li>
24                <li>
25                  <a href="#download">Downloading</a>
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28                  <a href="#bindings">Language Bindings</a>
29                </li>
30                <li>
31 +                <a href="#packages">Packages</a>
32 +              </li>
33 +              <li>
34                  <a href="#development">Development</a>
35                </li>
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42              </ul>
43            </div>
44            <h2>
45 <            <a id="news">News</a>
45 >            <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
46            </h2>
47            <p>
48 <            To get notifications of new libstatgrab releases why not
49 <            subscribe to our project over on
50 <            <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libstatgrab/">freshmeat</a>?
48 >            libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
49 >            access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
50 >            It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
51 >            interfaces which can be used to access key system
52 >            statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
53 >            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
54 >            network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
55            </p>
49          <h3>
50            Monday 26 July 2004
51          </h3>
56            <p>
57 <            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
58 <            Download it
59 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.1.tar.gz">
60 <            here</a>.
57 >            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
58 >            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
59 >            DragonFly BSD 1.0, HP-UX, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend
60 >            this to include as many operating systems as possible.
61            </p>
62            <p>
63 <            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
64 <            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
65 <            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
66 <            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
67 <            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
68 <            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
69 <            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
70 <            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
71 <            NEWS file.
63 >            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
64 >            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
65 >            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
66 >            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
67 >            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
68 >            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
69 >            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
70 >            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
71 >            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
72 >            to use statgrab.
73            </p>
74 <          <h3>
75 <            Thursday 20 May 2004
76 <          </h3>
74 >          <h2>
75 >            <a id="news">News</a>
76 >          </h2>
77            <p>
78 <            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
79 <            Download it
80 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.tar.gz">
76 <            here</a>.
78 >            To get notifications of new libstatgrab releases why not
79 >            subscribe to our project over on
80 >            <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libstatgrab/">freshmeat</a>?
81            </p>
78          <p>
79            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
80            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
81            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
82            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
83            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
84            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
85          </p>
86          <p>
87            The other main change in this release is a new function to
88            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
89            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
90            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
91            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
92            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
93            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
94          </p>
95          <p>
96            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
97            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
98            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
99            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
100          </p>
82            <h3>
83 <            Sunday 21 March 2004
83 >            Sunday 31 July 2005
84            </h3>
85            <p>
86 <            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
87 <            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
107 <            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
86 >            Version 0.12 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
87 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
88            </p>
109          <h3>
110            Wednesday 10 March 2004
111          </h3>
89            <p>
90 <            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
91 <            Download it
92 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
93 <            here</a>.
90 >            This release has some new features, bug fixes, and a minor
91 >            API change. More details have been added to the file
92 >            system statistics, linux partition detection has been
93 >            reworked, and compile errors on Linux 2.6 have been fixed.
94 >            Support has been added for Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 7.
95 >            There are also manual pages for all the tools.
96            </p>
97            <p>
98 <            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
99 <            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
100 <            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
101 <            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
102 <            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
124 <            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
125 <            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
98 >            The duplex value in the network interface statistics has
99 >            changed name from "dup" to "duplex" - this breaks the API.
100 >            We plan to stabilise the API for a 1.0 release. As before,
101 >            the old name is available if SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is
102 >            defined.
103            </p>
104            <h3>
105 <            Wednesday 11 February 2004
105 >            Tuesday 26 April 2005
106            </h3>
107            <p>
108 <            Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
109 <            Download it
133 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
134 <            here</a>.
108 >            Official libstatgrab packages for Debian now
109 >            <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">available</a>.
110            </p>
111            <p>
112 <            The main focus of this release is adding support for
113 <            Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
114 <            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
115 <            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
116 <            code.
112 >            Thanks to the work of
113 >            <a href="mailto:fenio@debian.org">Bartosz Fenski</a>
114 >            libstatgrab is now available on debian. This replaces our
115 >            unofficial debian packages which will no longer be
116 >            updated.
117            </p>
118            <h3>
119 <            Wednesday 21 January 2004
119 >            Thursday 3 March 2005
120            </h3>
121            <p>
122 <            Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
123 <            Download it
149 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
150 <            here</a>.
122 >            Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
123 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
124            </p>
125            <p>
126 <            This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
127 <            descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
128 <            speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
129 <            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
130 <            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
158 <            released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
126 >            This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex
127 >            settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and
128 >            full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative
129 >            filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were
130 >            ignored. These have all been fixed.
131            </p>
132            <h3>
133 <            Tuesday 6 January 2004
133 >            Friday 12 November 2004
134            </h3>
135            <p>
136 <            Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
137 <            Download it
166 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
167 <            here</a>.
136 >            Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
137 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
138            </p>
139            <p>
140 <            This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
141 <            support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
172 <            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
173 <            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
174 <            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
175 <            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
176 <            may require on some operating systems.
140 >            This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and
141 >            also fixes a few other minor issues.
142            </p>
143            <h3>
144 <            Wednesday 22 October 2003
144 >            Wednesday 25 August 2004
145            </h3>
146            <p>
147 <            Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
148 <            Download it
184 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
185 <            here</a>.
147 >            Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
148 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
149            </p>
150            <p>
151 <            The most significant change in this release is support for
152 <            NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been
153 <            optimised, and an initialise function has been added to
191 <            allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab
192 <            needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
193 <            and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.
194 <            Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't
195 <            get all the statistics.
151 >            This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and
152 >            adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in
153 >            the tarball for more details.
154            </p>
155            <h3>
156 <            Saturday 18 October 2003
156 >            Tuesday 27 July 2004
157            </h3>
158            <p>
159 <            Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
160 <            Download it
203 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
204 <            here</a>.
159 >            Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
160 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
161            </p>
162            <p>
163 <            This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and
164 <            some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some
209 <            fixes to saidar, and statgrab.
163 >            This release fixes a problem with the shared library
164 >            version number in the last release.
165            </p>
166            <h3>
167 <            Friday 10 October 2003
167 >            Monday 26 July 2004
168            </h3>
169            <p>
170 <            Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
171 <            You can download it from our mirror site
217 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">
218 <            here</a>.
170 >            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
171 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
172            </p>
173            <p>
174 <            This release includes some exciting new tools, support for
175 <            FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major
176 <            bugfixes and packaging enhancements.
174 >            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
175 >            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
176 >            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
177 >            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
178 >            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
179 >            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
180 >            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
181 >            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
182 >            NEWS file.
183            </p>
184            <h3>
185 <            Tuesday 09 September 2003
185 >            Thursday 20 May 2004
186            </h3>
187            <p>
188 <            We're pleased to announce a new release of
189 <            libstatgrab.<br />
231 <            You can download version 0.5.1 from
232 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
233 <            here</a>.
188 >            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
189 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
190            </p>
235          <h3>
236            Monday 25 August 2003
237          </h3>
191            <p>
192 <            We're pleased to announce a new release of
193 <            libstatgrab.<br />
194 <            You can download version 0.5 from
195 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">
196 <            here</a>.
192 >            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
193 >            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
194 >            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
195 >            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
196 >            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
197 >            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
198            </p>
199            <p>
200 <            This release provides both documentation and examples,
201 <            which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay
202 <            tuned for the next release with some useful tools.
200 >            The other main change in this release is a new function to
201 >            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
202 >            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
203 >            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
204 >            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
205 >            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
206 >            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
207            </p>
250          <h2>
251            <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
252          </h2>
208            <p>
209 <            libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
210 <            access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
211 <            It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
212 <            interfaces which can be used to access key system
258 <            statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
259 <            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
260 <            network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
209 >            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
210 >            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
211 >            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
212 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
213            </p>
214 +          <h3>
215 +            Sunday 21 March 2004
216 +          </h3>
217            <p>
218 <            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
219 <            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
220 <            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
266 <            include as many operating systems as possible.
218 >            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
219 >            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
220 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
221            </p>
268          <p>
269            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
270            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
271            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
272            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
273            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
274            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
275            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
276            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
277            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
278            to use statgrab.
279          </p>
222            <h2>
223              <a id="download">Downloading</a>
224            </h2>
225            <p>
226              The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
227 <            our primary download
228 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/">
287 <            mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
227 >            our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
228 >            All downloads are pgp signed using our
229              <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
230            </p>
231            <p>
232              For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
233 <            files contained within the archive. If you're using
293 <            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
294 <            use of the
295 <            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
296 <            devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
233 >            files contained within the archive.
234            </p>
235            <h2>
236              <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
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250              Here are links to bindings for higher level languages
251              that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written
252              a binding for another language, please get
253 <            <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
253 >            <a href="mailto:support@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
254              can add a link here.
255 +          </p>
256 +          <h2>
257 +            <a id="packages">Packages of libstatgrab</a>
258 +          </h2>
259 +          <ul>
260 +            <li>
261 +              <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=statgrab&amp;stype=all">FreeBSD</a>
262 +            </li>
263 +            <li>
264 +              <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=statgrab">Gentoo Linux</a>
265 +            </li>
266 +            <li>
267 +              <a href="http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/libstatgrab">Solaris (Blastwave)</a>
268 +            </li>
269 +            <li>
270 +              <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">Debian</a>
271 +            </li>
272 +            <li>
273 +              <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/devel/libstatgrab/README.html">NetBSD</a>
274 +            </li>
275 +          </ul>
276 +          <p>
277 +            These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab
278 +            that you can get for your favourite operating system. If
279 +            we've missed any out, please let us know.
280 +          </p>
281 +          <p>
282 +            We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating
283 +            to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them.
284 +          </p>
285 +          <p>
286 +            Several attempts were made to submit a port to the
287 +            OpenBSD folk, but they didn't seem interested in taking
288 +            it. You can find it
289 +            <a href="http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/tmp/libstatgrab-0.11-openbsd-port.tar.gz">
290 +            here</a>.
291            </p>
292            <h2>
293              <a id="development">Development</a>

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