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