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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="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 +            Tuesday 26 April 2005
84 +          </h3>
85 +          <p>
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 +            Thursday 3 March 2005
98 +          </h3>
99 +          <p>
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 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 +            Friday 12 November 2004
112 +          </h3>
113 +          <p>
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 +            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 25 August 2004
123 +          </h3>
124 +          <p>
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 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 27 July 2004
135 +          </h3>
136 +          <p>
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 fixes a problem with the shared library
142 +            version number in the last release.
143 +          </p>
144 +          <h3>
145              Monday 26 July 2004
146            </h3>
147            <p>
148              Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
149 <            Download it
55 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.1.tar.gz">
56 <            here</a>.
149 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
150            </p>
151            <p>
152              This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
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164            </h3>
165            <p>
166              Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
167 <            Download it
75 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.tar.gz">
76 <            here</a>.
167 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
168            </p>
169            <p>
170              This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
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197              bindings, has been released. Check out it's
198              <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
199            </p>
109          <h3>
110            Wednesday 10 March 2004
111          </h3>
112          <p>
113            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
114            Download it
115            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
116            here</a>.
117          </p>
118          <p>
119            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
120            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
121            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
122            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
123            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
124            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
125            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
126          </p>
127          <h3>
128            Wednesday 11 February 2004
129          </h3>
130          <p>
131            Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
132            Download it
133            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
134            here</a>.
135          </p>
136          <p>
137            The main focus of this release is adding support for
138            Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
139            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
140            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
141            code.
142          </p>
143          <h3>
144            Wednesday 21 January 2004
145          </h3>
146          <p>
147            Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
148            Download it
149            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
150            here</a>.
151          </p>
152          <p>
153            This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
154            descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
155            speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
156            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
157            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
158            released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
159          </p>
160          <h3>
161            Tuesday 6 January 2004
162          </h3>
163          <p>
164            Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
165            Download it
166            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
167            here</a>.
168          </p>
169          <p>
170            This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
171            support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
172            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
173            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
174            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
175            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
176            may require on some operating systems.
177          </p>
178          <h3>
179            Wednesday 22 October 2003
180          </h3>
181          <p>
182            Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
183            Download it
184            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
185            here</a>.
186          </p>
187          <p>
188            The most significant change in this release is support for
189            NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been
190            optimised, and an initialise function has been added to
191            allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab
192            needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
193            and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.
194            Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't
195            get all the statistics.
196          </p>
197          <h3>
198            Saturday 18 October 2003
199          </h3>
200          <p>
201            Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
202            Download it
203            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
204            here</a>.
205          </p>
206          <p>
207            This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and
208            some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some
209            fixes to saidar, and statgrab.
210          </p>
211          <h3>
212            Friday 10 October 2003
213          </h3>
214          <p>
215            Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
216            You can download it from our mirror site
217            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">
218            here</a>.
219          </p>
220          <p>
221            This release includes some exciting new tools, support for
222            FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major
223            bugfixes and packaging enhancements.
224          </p>
225          <h3>
226            Tuesday 09 September 2003
227          </h3>
228          <p>
229            We're pleased to announce a new release of
230            libstatgrab.<br />
231            You can download version 0.5.1 from
232            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
233            here</a>.
234          </p>
235          <h3>
236            Monday 25 August 2003
237          </h3>
238          <p>
239            We're pleased to announce a new release of
240            libstatgrab.<br />
241            You can download version 0.5 from
242            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">
243            here</a>.
244          </p>
245          <p>
246            This release provides both documentation and examples,
247            which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay
248            tuned for the next release with some useful tools.
249          </p>
200            <h2>
251            <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
252          </h2>
253          <p>
254            libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
255            access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
256            It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
257            interfaces which can be used to access key system
258            statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
259            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
260            network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
261          </p>
262          <p>
263            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
264            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
265            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
266            include as many operating systems as possible.
267          </p>
268          <p>
269            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
270            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
271            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
272            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
273            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
274            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
275            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
276            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
277            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
278            to use statgrab.
279          </p>
280          <h2>
201              <a id="download">Downloading</a>
202            </h2>
203            <p>
204              The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
205 <            our primary download
206 <            <a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/">
287 <            mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
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              For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
211 <            files contained within the archive. If you're using
293 <            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
294 <            use of the
295 <            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
296 <            devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
211 >            files contained within the archive.
212            </p>
213            <h2>
214              <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
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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>
234 +          <h2>
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 +            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 +            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>

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