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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	+	Sunday 31 July 2005
84	+	</h3>
85	+	<p>
86	+	Version 0.12 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
87	+	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
88	+	</p>
89	+	<p>
90	+	This release has some new features, bug fixes, and a minor
91	+	API change. More details have been added to the file
92	+	system statistics, linux partition detection has been
93	+	reworked, and compile errors on Linux 2.6 have been fixed.
94	+	Support has been added for Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 7.
95	+	There are also manual pages for all the tools.
96	+	</p>
97	+	<p>
98	+	The duplex value in the network interface statistics has
99	+	changed name from "dup" to "duplex" - this breaks the API.
100	+	We plan to stabilise the API for a 1.0 release. As before,
101	+	the old name is available if SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is
102	+	defined.
103	+	</p>
104	+	<h3>
105	+	Tuesday 26 April 2005
106	+	</h3>
107	+	<p>
108	+	Official libstatgrab packages for Debian now
109	+	<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">available</a>.
110	+	</p>
111	+	<p>
112	+	Thanks to the work of
113	+	<a href="mailto:fenio@debian.org">Bartosz Fenski</a>
114	+	libstatgrab is now available on debian. This replaces our
115	+	unofficial debian packages which will no longer be
116	+	updated.
117	+	</p>
118	+	<h3>
119	+	Thursday 3 March 2005
120	+	</h3>
121	+	<p>
122	+	Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
123	+	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
124	+	</p>
125	+	<p>
126	+	This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex
127	+	settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and
128	+	full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative
129	+	filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were
130	+	ignored. These have all been fixed.
131	+	</p>
132	+	<h3>
133	+	Friday 12 November 2004
134	+	</h3>
135	+	<p>
136	+	Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
137	+	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
138	+	</p>
139	+	<p>
140	+	This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and
141	+	also fixes a few other minor issues.
142	+	</p>
143	+	<h3>
144	+	Wednesday 25 August 2004
145	+	</h3>
146	+	<p>
147	+	Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
148	+	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
149	+	</p>
150	+	<p>
151	+	This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and
152	+	adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in
153	+	the tarball for more details.
154	+	</p>
155	+	<h3>
156		Tuesday 27 July 2004
157		</h3>
158		<p>
159		Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
160	<	Download it
55	<	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.2.tar.gz">
56	<	here</a>.
160	>	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
161		</p>
162		<p>
163		This release fixes a problem with the shared library
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168		</h3>
169		<p>
170		Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
171	<	Download it
68	<	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.1.tar.gz">
69	<	here</a>.
171	>	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
172		</p>
173		<p>
174		This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
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186		</h3>
187		<p>
188		Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
189	<	Download it
88	<	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.10.tar.gz">
89	<	here</a>.
189	>	Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
190		</p>
191		<p>
192		This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
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219		bindings, has been released. Check out it's
220		<a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
221		</p>
122	–	<h3>
123	–	Wednesday 10 March 2004
124	–	</h3>
125	–	<p>
126	–	Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
127	–	Download it
128	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
129	–	here</a>.
130	–	</p>
131	–	<p>
132	–	This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
133	–	added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
134	–	etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
135	–	errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
136	–	OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
137	–	to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
138	–	privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
139	–	</p>
140	–	<h3>
141	–	Wednesday 11 February 2004
142	–	</h3>
143	–	<p>
144	–	Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
145	–	Download it
146	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
147	–	here</a>.
148	–	</p>
149	–	<p>
150	–	The main focus of this release is adding support for
151	–	Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
152	–	libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
153	–	directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
154	–	code.
155	–	</p>
156	–	<h3>
157	–	Wednesday 21 January 2004
158	–	</h3>
159	–	<p>
160	–	Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
161	–	Download it
162	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
163	–	here</a>.
164	–	</p>
165	–	<p>
166	–	This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
167	–	descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
168	–	speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
169	–	with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
170	–	library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
171	–	released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
172	–	</p>
173	–	<h3>
174	–	Tuesday 6 January 2004
175	–	</h3>
176	–	<p>
177	–	Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
178	–	Download it
179	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
180	–	here</a>.
181	–	</p>
182	–	<p>
183	–	This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
184	–	support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
185	–	names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
186	–	There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
187	–	various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
188	–	make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
189	–	may require on some operating systems.
190	–	</p>
191	–	<h3>
192	–	Wednesday 22 October 2003
193	–	</h3>
194	–	<p>
195	–	Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
196	–	Download it
197	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
198	–	here</a>.
199	–	</p>
200	–	<p>
201	–	The most significant change in this release is support for
202	–	NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been
203	–	optimised, and an initialise function has been added to
204	–	allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab
205	–	needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
206	–	and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.
207	–	Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't
208	–	get all the statistics.
209	–	</p>
210	–	<h3>
211	–	Saturday 18 October 2003
212	–	</h3>
213	–	<p>
214	–	Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
215	–	Download it
216	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
217	–	here</a>.
218	–	</p>
219	–	<p>
220	–	This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and
221	–	some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some
222	–	fixes to saidar, and statgrab.
223	–	</p>
224	–	<h3>
225	–	Friday 10 October 2003
226	–	</h3>
227	–	<p>
228	–	Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
229	–	You can download it from our mirror site
230	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">
231	–	here</a>.
232	–	</p>
233	–	<p>
234	–	This release includes some exciting new tools, support for
235	–	FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major
236	–	bugfixes and packaging enhancements.
237	–	</p>
238	–	<h3>
239	–	Tuesday 09 September 2003
240	–	</h3>
241	–	<p>
242	–	We're pleased to announce a new release of
243	–	libstatgrab.<br />
244	–	You can download version 0.5.1 from
245	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
246	–	here</a>.
247	–	</p>
248	–	<h3>
249	–	Monday 25 August 2003
250	–	</h3>
251	–	<p>
252	–	We're pleased to announce a new release of
253	–	libstatgrab.<br />
254	–	You can download version 0.5 from
255	–	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">
256	–	here</a>.
257	–	</p>
258	–	<p>
259	–	This release provides both documentation and examples,
260	–	which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay
261	–	tuned for the next release with some useful tools.
262	–	</p>
222		<h2>
264	–	<a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
265	–	</h2>
266	–	<p>
267	–	libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
268	–	access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
269	–	It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
270	–	interfaces which can be used to access key system
271	–	statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
272	–	usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
273	–	network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
274	–	</p>
275	–	<p>
276	–	The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
277	–	2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
278	–	DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
279	–	include as many operating systems as possible.
280	–	</p>
281	–	<p>
282	–	The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
283	–	first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
284	–	curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
285	–	system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
286	–	interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
287	–	extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
288	–	anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
289	–	Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
290	–	<a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
291	–	to use statgrab.
292	–	</p>
293	–	<h2>
223		<a id="download">Downloading</a>
224		</h2>
225		<p>
226		The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
227	<	our primary download
228	<	<a href="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/">
300	<	mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
227	>	our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
228	>	All downloads are pgp signed using our
229		<a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
230		</p>
231		<p>
232		For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
233	<	files contained within the archive. If you're using
306	<	<a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
307	<	use of the
308	<	<a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
309	<	devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
233	>	files contained within the archive.
234		</p>
235		<h2>
236		<a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
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252		a binding for another language, please get
253		<a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
254		can add a link here.
255	+	</p>
256	+	<h2>
257	+	<a id="packages">Packages of libstatgrab</a>
258	+	</h2>
259	+	<ul>
260	+	<li>
261	+	<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=statgrab&amp;stype=all">FreeBSD</a>
262	+	</li>
263	+	<li>
264	+	<a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=statgrab">Gentoo Linux</a>
265	+	</li>
266	+	<li>
267	+	<a href="http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/libstatgrab">Solaris (Blastwave)</a>
268	+	</li>
269	+	<li>
270	+	<a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">Debian</a>
271	+	</li>
272	+	<li>
273	+	<a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/devel/libstatgrab/README.html">NetBSD</a>
274	+	</li>
275	+	</ul>
276	+	<p>
277	+	These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab
278	+	that you can get for your favourite operating system. If
279	+	we've missed any out, please let us know.
280	+	</p>
281	+	<p>
282	+	We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating
283	+	to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them.
284	+	</p>
285	+	<p>
286	+	Several attempts were made to submit a port to the
287	+	OpenBSD folk, but they didn't seem interested in taking
288	+	it. You can find it
289	+	<a href="http://ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/tmp/libstatgrab-0.11-openbsd-port.tar.gz">
290	+	here</a>.
291		</p>
292		<h2>
293		<a id="development">Development</a>

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