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25                  <a href="#download">Downloading</a>
26                </li>
27                <li>
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>
36                <li>
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50              <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libstatgrab/">freshmeat</a>?
51            </p>
52            <h3>
53 <            Thursday 20 May 2004
53 >            Thursday 3 March 2005
54            </h3>
55            <p>
56 <            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
57 <            Download it
52 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.tar.gz">
53 <            here</a>.
56 >            Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
57 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
58            </p>
59            <p>
60 <            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
61 <            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
62 <            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
63 <            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
64 <            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
61 <            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
60 >            This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex
61 >            settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and
62 >            full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative
63 >            filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were
64 >            ignored. These have all been fixed.
65            </p>
63          <p>
64            The other main change in this release is a new function to
65            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
66            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
67            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
68            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
69            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
70            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
71          </p>
72          <p>
73            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
74            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
75            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
76            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
77          </p>
66            <h3>
67 <            Sunday 21 March 2004
67 >            Friday 12 November 2004
68            </h3>
69            <p>
70 <            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
71 <            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
84 <            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
70 >            Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
71 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
72            </p>
86          <h3>
87            Wednesday 10 March 2004
88          </h3>
73            <p>
74 <            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
75 <            Download it
92 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
93 <            here</a>.
74 >            This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and
75 >            also fixes a few other minor issues.
76            </p>
95          <p>
96            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
97            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
98            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
99            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
100            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
101            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
102            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
103          </p>
77            <h3>
78 <            Wednesday 11 February 2004
78 >            Wednesday 25 August 2004
79            </h3>
80            <p>
81 <            Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
82 <            Download it
110 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
111 <            here</a>.
81 >            Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
82 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
83            </p>
84            <p>
85 <            The main focus of this release is adding support for
86 <            Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
87 <            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
117 <            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
118 <            code.
85 >            This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and
86 >            adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in
87 >            the tarball for more details.
88            </p>
89            <h3>
90 <            Wednesday 21 January 2004
90 >            Tuesday 27 July 2004
91            </h3>
92            <p>
93 <            Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
94 <            Download it
126 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
127 <            here</a>.
93 >            Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
94 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
95            </p>
96            <p>
97 <            This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
98 <            descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
132 <            speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
133 <            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
134 <            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
135 <            released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
97 >            This release fixes a problem with the shared library
98 >            version number in the last release.
99            </p>
100            <h3>
101 <            Tuesday 6 January 2004
101 >            Monday 26 July 2004
102            </h3>
103            <p>
104 <            Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
105 <            Download it
143 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
144 <            here</a>.
104 >            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
105 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
106            </p>
107            <p>
108 <            This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
109 <            support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
110 <            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
111 <            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
112 <            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
113 <            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
114 <            may require on some operating systems.
108 >            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
109 >            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
110 >            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
111 >            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
112 >            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
113 >            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
114 >            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
115 >            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
116 >            NEWS file.
117            </p>
118            <h3>
119 <            Wednesday 22 October 2003
119 >            Thursday 20 May 2004
120            </h3>
121            <p>
122 <            Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
123 <            Download it
161 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
162 <            here</a>.
122 >            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
123 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
124            </p>
125            <p>
126 <            The most significant change in this release is support for
127 <            NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been
128 <            optimised, and an initialise function has been added to
129 <            allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab
130 <            needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
131 <            and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.
171 <            Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't
172 <            get all the statistics.
126 >            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
127 >            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
128 >            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
129 >            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
130 >            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
131 >            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
132            </p>
174          <h3>
175            Saturday 18 October 2003
176          </h3>
133            <p>
134 <            Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
135 <            Download it
136 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
137 <            here</a>.
134 >            The other main change in this release is a new function to
135 >            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
136 >            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
137 >            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
138 >            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
139 >            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
140 >            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
141            </p>
142            <p>
143 <            This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and
144 <            some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some
145 <            fixes to saidar, and statgrab.
143 >            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
144 >            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
145 >            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
146 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
147            </p>
148            <h3>
149 <            Friday 10 October 2003
149 >            Sunday 21 March 2004
150            </h3>
151            <p>
152 <            Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
153 <            You can download it from our mirror site
154 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">
195 <            here</a>.
152 >            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
153 >            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
154 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
155            </p>
197          <p>
198            This release includes some exciting new tools, support for
199            FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major
200            bugfixes and packaging enhancements.
201          </p>
202          <h3>
203            Tuesday 09 September 2003
204          </h3>
205          <p>
206            We're pleased to announce a new release of
207            libstatgrab.<br />
208            You can download version 0.5.1 from
209            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
210            here</a>.
211          </p>
212          <h3>
213            Monday 25 August 2003
214          </h3>
215          <p>
216            We're pleased to announce a new release of
217            libstatgrab.<br />
218            You can download version 0.5 from
219            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">
220            here</a>.
221          </p>
222          <p>
223            This release provides both documentation and examples,
224            which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay
225            tuned for the next release with some useful tools.
226          </p>
156            <h2>
157              <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
158            </h2>
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168            <p>
169              The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
170              2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
171 <            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
172 <            include as many operating systems as possible.
171 >            DragonFly BSD 1.0, HP-UX, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend
172 >            this to include as many operating systems as possible.
173            </p>
174            <p>
175              The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
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188            </h2>
189            <p>
190              The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
191 <            our primary download
192 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/">
264 <            mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
191 >            our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
192 >            All downloads are pgp signed using our
193              <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
194            </p>
195            <p>
196              For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
197 <            files contained within the archive. If you're using
270 <            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
271 <            use of the
272 <            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
273 <            devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
197 >            files contained within the archive.
198            </p>
199            <h2>
200 +            <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
201 +          </h2>
202 +          <ul>
203 +            <li>
204 +              <a href="/pystatgrab/">Python</a>
205 +            </li>
206 +            <li>
207 +              <a href="http://pecl.php.net/statgrab/">PHP (external)</a>
208 +            </li>
209 +            <li>
210 +              <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Statgrab/">Perl (external)</a>
211 +            </li>
212 +          </ul>
213 +          <p>
214 +            Here are links to bindings for higher level languages
215 +            that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written
216 +            a binding for another language, please get
217 +            <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
218 +            can add a link here.
219 +          </p>
220 +          <h2>
221 +            <a id="packages">Packages of libstatgrab</a>
222 +          </h2>
223 +          <ul>
224 +            <li>
225 +              <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=statgrab&amp;stype=all">FreeBSD</a>
226 +            </li>
227 +            <li>
228 +              <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=statgrab">Gentoo Linux</a>
229 +            </li>
230 +            <li>
231 +              <a href="http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/libstatgrab">Solaris (Blastwave)</a>
232 +            </li>
233 +            <li>
234 +              <a href="http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/packages/debian/">Debian (unofficial)</a>
235 +            </li>
236 +            <li>
237 +              <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/devel/libstatgrab/README.html">NetBSD</a>
238 +            </li>
239 +          </ul>
240 +          <p>
241 +            These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab
242 +            that you can get for your favourite operating system. If
243 +            we've missed any out, please let us know.
244 +          </p>
245 +          <p>
246 +            We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating
247 +            to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them.
248 +          </p>
249 +          <p>
250 +            Several attempts were made to submit a port to the
251 +            OpenBSD folk, but they didn't seem interested in taking
252 +            it. You can find it
253 +            <a href="http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/tmp/libstatgrab-0.11-openbsd-port.tar.gz">
254 +            here</a>.
255 +          </p>
256 +          <h2>
257              <a id="development">Development</a>
258            </h2>
259            <ul>
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262              </li>
263            </ul>
264            <p>
265 <            We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system.    
265 >            We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system.
266              Using this link you can see what changes we've made this week.
267 <            For more information on our CVS setup see our  
267 >            For more information on our CVS setup see our
268              <a href="/cvs.xhtml">CVS page</a>.
269            </p>
270            <h2>

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