+ 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, HP-UX, 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. +
+@@ -41,248 +81,325 @@ freshmeat?
- pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
- bindings, has been released. Check out it's
- project page.
+ Version 0.14 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+ This release contains mainly bugfixes - see the NEWS file + in the distribution for a full list. It also brings a new + feature in saidar: colour support, which can be activated + with the -c runtime flag. +
- Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Version 0.13 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- 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. + This release mainly includes a bunch of bug fixes, but + also brings preliminary support for WIN32. We've also + added a few lines to the header file to make C++ linking + easier. Please see the NEWS file in the distribution for + full details.
- Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Version 0.12 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- 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. + This release has some new features, bug fixes, and a minor + API change. More details have been added to the file + system statistics, linux partition detection has been + reworked, and compile errors on Linux 2.6 have been fixed. + Support has been added for Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 7. + There are also manual pages for all the tools.
++ The duplex value in the network interface statistics has + changed name from "dup" to "duplex" - this breaks the API. + We plan to stabilise the API for a 1.0 release. As before, + the old name is available if SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is + defined. +
- Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Official libstatgrab packages for Debian now
+ available.
- 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. + Thanks to the work of + Bartosz Fenski + libstatgrab is now available on debian. This replaces our + unofficial debian packages which will no longer be + updated.
- Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- 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. + This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex + settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and + full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative + filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were + ignored. These have all been fixed.
- Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- 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. + This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and + also fixes a few other minor issues.
- Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it
-
- here.
+ Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and - some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some - fixes to saidar, and statgrab. + This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and + adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in + the tarball for more details.
- Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.
- You can download it from our mirror site
-
- here.
+ Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- This release includes some exciting new tools, support for - FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major - bugfixes and packaging enhancements. + This release fixes a problem with the shared library + version number in the last release.
- We're pleased to announce a new release of
- libstatgrab.
- You can download version 0.5.1 from
-
- here.
+ Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+ This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes. + We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and + NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab + that broke network statistics on Solaris. New + variables have been added to the pkg-config file to + suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and + we've added error reporting functions that store errno + values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the + NEWS file. +
- We're pleased to announce a new release of
- libstatgrab.
- You can download version 0.5 from
-
- here.
+ Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
- 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. + 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.
-- 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 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.
- 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. + 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.
+- 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. + pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python + bindings, has been released. Check out its + project page.
The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from - our primary download - - mirror. All downloads are pgp signed using our + our mirror sites. + 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. + files contained within the archive.
+ 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. +
++ These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab + that you can get for your favourite operating system. If + we've missed any out, please let us know. +
++ We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating + to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them. +
++ Several attempts were made to submit a port to the + OpenBSD folk, but they didn't seem interested in taking + it. You can find it + + here. +
++ 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. +
+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: + manual pages converted in to HTML format. First are the + manual pages for the command line tools:
+ We also have an overview page for the library: +
+Then we have the manual pages for each function: