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

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