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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 <            Thursday 20 May 2004
83 >            Tuesday 26 April 2005
84            </h3>
85            <p>
86 <            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
87 <            Download it
52 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.tar.gz">
53 <            here</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 <            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
91 <            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
92 <            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
93 <            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
94 <            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
61 <            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
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>
63          <p>
64            The other main change in this release is a new function to
65            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
66            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
67            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
68            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
69            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
70            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
71          </p>
72          <p>
73            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
74            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
75            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
76            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
77          </p>
96            <h3>
97 <            Sunday 21 March 2004
97 >            Thursday 3 March 2005
98            </h3>
99            <p>
100 <            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
101 <            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
84 <            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</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>
86          <h3>
87            Wednesday 10 March 2004
88          </h3>
103            <p>
104 <            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
105 <            Download it
106 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
107 <            here</a>.
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>
95          <p>
96            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
97            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
98            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
99            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
100            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
101            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
102            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
103          </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
110 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
111 <            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
116 <            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
117 <            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
118 <            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
126 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
127 <            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
133 <            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
134 <            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
135 <            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
143 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
144 <            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
149 <            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
150 <            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
151 <            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
152 <            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
153 <            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
161 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
162 <            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
180 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
181 <            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>
188          <h3>
189            Friday 10 October 2003
190          </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
209 <            <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
210 <            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">
220 <            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
225 <            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
236 <            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
237 <            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>
239          <p>
240            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
241            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
242            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
243            include as many operating systems as possible.
244          </p>
245          <p>
246            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
247            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
248            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
249            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
250            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
251            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
252            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
253            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
254            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
255            to use statgrab.
256          </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/">
264 <            mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
265 <            <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
270 <            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
271 <            use of the
272 <            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
273 <            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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276              </li>
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>
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