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-Wednesday 22 October 2003
-Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.
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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 @@ -49,44 +116,50 @@ saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't get a statistics.
+Saturday 18 October 2003
-Saturday 18 October 2003
-Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+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
-Friday 10 October 2003
-Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.
+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
-Tuesday 09 September 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 0.5.1 from
here.
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 @@ -98,9 +171,10 @@ traffic, disk I/O, and more.
-The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.4, FreeBSD -4.x/5.x, and NetBSD 1.6.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.
@@ -114,13 +188,13 @@ a script to generate an configuration file to use statgrab.
-Downloading
+Downloading
The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from our primary download -mirror. -All downloads are pgp signed using our PGP Key. +mirror. +All downloads are pgp signed using our PGP Key.
@@ -131,20 +205,21 @@ 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) @@ -152,28 +227,30 @@ 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
+Screenshot
Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
-
+