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-Tuesday 09 September 2003
-We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.
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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.
-This release is primarily a bugfix release..
Monday 25 August 2003
-Monday 25 August 2003
-We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.
+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?
+What is libstatgrab?
libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to @@ -62,28 +174,29 @@ traffic, disk I/O, and more.
-The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD -4.x. The aim is to extend this to include as many operating systems as -possible. +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 writting scripts and the link. Included with -statgrab is a script to generate an -MRTG configuration file to use -statgrab. +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
+Downloading
The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from our primary download -mirror. +mirror. All downloads are pgp signed using our PGP Key.
@@ -95,20 +208,21 @@ contained within the archive. If you're using port to install libstatgrab for you. -Documentation
+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: +
-Then we have the manual pages for each function: +
- cpu_percent_usage(3) @@ -116,17 +230,30 @@ Then we have the manual pages for each function:
- get_general_stats(3)
- get_load_stats(3)
- get_memory_stats(3) +
- get_network_iface_stats(3)
- get_network_stats(3)
- get_page_stats(3)
- get_process_stats(3)
- get_user_stats(3)
Screenshot
+ ++Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
+
+
+