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++ Thursday 20 May 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names + of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although + this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run + we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However, + for those who still need the old functions we have provided + compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details. +
++ The other main change in this release is a new function to + provide full details on currently running processes. See the + documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with + this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting + process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced + error reporting functions that allow calling applications to + see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error. +
++ Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots + of areas of the code. This release does not include the python + bindings - they're now available as their own project called + pystatgrab. +
++ Sunday 21 March 2004 +
++ pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python + bindings, has been released. Check out it's + project page. +
++ Wednesday 10 March 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ This release brings new features and new platforms. We've + added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed, + etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o + errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for + OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done + to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated + privileges. See the NEWS file for more information. +
++ Wednesday 11 February 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ The main focus of this release is adding support for + Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use + libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras + directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the + code. +
++ Wednesday 21 January 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file + descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant + speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along + with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the + library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now + released under the LGPL instead of the GPL. +
++ Tuesday 6 January 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial + support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk + names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names. + There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in + various places. Finally, a new function has been added to + make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab + may require on some operating systems. +
++ Wednesday 22 October 2003 +
+
+ Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ The most significant change in this release is support for + NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been + optimised, and an initialise function has been added to + allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab + needs. The list of known file systems has been increased, + and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms. + Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't + get all the statistics. +
++ Saturday 18 October 2003 +
+
+ Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it
+
+ here.
+
+ This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and + some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some + fixes to saidar, and statgrab. +
++ Friday 10 October 2003 +
+
+ Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ You can download it from our mirror site
+
+ here.
+
+ This release includes some exciting new tools, support for + FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major + bugfixes and packaging enhancements. +
++ Tuesday 09 September 2003 +
+
+ We're pleased to announce a new release of
+ libstatgrab.
+ You can download version 0.5.1 from
+
+ here.
+
+ Monday 25 August 2003 +
+
+ We're pleased to announce a new release of
+ libstatgrab.
+ You can download version 0.5 from
+
+ here.
+
+ This release provides both documentation and examples, + which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay + tuned for the next release with some useful tools. +
++ What is libstatgrab? +
++ libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform + access to statistics about the system on which it's run. + It's written in C and presents a selection of useful + interfaces which can be used to access key system + statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU + usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, + network traffic, disk I/O, and more. +
++ The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux + 2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x, + DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to + include as many operating systems as possible. +
++ The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The + first, saidar, provides a + curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the + system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style + interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This + extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or + anything else that can't easily make C function calls. + Included with statgrab is a script to generate an + MRTG configuration file + to use statgrab. +
++ Downloading +
++ The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from + our primary download + + mirror. All downloads are pgp signed using our + PGP Key. +
++ For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL + files contained within the archive. If you're using + FreeBSD you can make + use of the + + devel/libstatgrab port to install libstatgrab for you. +
++ Language Bindings +
+-
+
- + Python + +
- + PHP (external) + +
- + Perl (external) + +
+ Here are links to bindings for higher level languages + that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written + a binding for another language, please get + in touch so we + can add a link here. +
++ Development +
+-
+
- + Commits this week + +
+ We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system. + Using this link you can see what changes we've made this week. + For more information on our CVS setup see our + CVS page. +
++ Documentation +
++ The only online documentation we have at the moment is the + manual pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably + best to start with the overview manual page: +
+-
+
- + statgrab(3) + +
+ Then we have the manual pages for each function: +
+-
+
- + sg_get_cpu_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_disk_io_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_fs_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_host_info(3) + +
- + sg_get_load_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_mem_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_network_iface_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_network_io_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_page_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_process_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_user_stats(3) + +
+ Screenshot +
++ Here's what saidar looks like when it's running: +
+
+ 
+