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11 <  <title>i-scream libstatgrab homepage</title>
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25 <
26 < <h1>libstatgrab</h1>
27 <
28 < <ul>
29 < <li><a href="#news">News</a></li>
30 < <li><a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a></li>
31 < <li><a href="#download">Downloading</a></li>
32 < <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
33 < <li><a href="#screenshot">Screenshot</a></li>
34 < </ul>
35 <
36 < <a name="news"><h2>News</h2></a>
37 <
38 < <p>
39 < <b>Wednesday 22 October 2003</b><br><br>
40 < Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br>
41 < Download it
42 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">here</a>.
43 < The most significant change in this release is support for NetBSD
44 < 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been optimised, and an initialise
45 < function has been added to allow programs to drop any extra privileges
46 < libstatgrab needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
47 < and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.  Finally,
48 < saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't get all the
49 < statistics.
50 < </p>
51 <
52 < <p>
53 < <b>Saturday 18 October 2003</b><br><br>
54 < Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br>
55 < Download it
56 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">here</a>.
57 < This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and some
58 < bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some fixes to saidar,
59 < and statgrab.
60 < </p>
61 <
62 < <p>
63 < <b>Friday 10 October 2003</b><br><br>
64 < Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br>
65 < You can download it from our mirror site
66 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">here</a>.
67 < This release includes some exciting new tools, support for FreeBSD
68 < 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major bugfixes and
69 < packaging enhancements.
70 < </p>
71 <
72 < <p>
73 < <b>Tuesday 09 September 2003</b><br><br>
74 < We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br>
75 < You can download version 0.5.1 from
76 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">here</a>.
77 < </p>
78 <
79 < <p>
80 < <b>Monday 25 August 2003</b><br><br>
81 < We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br>
82 < You can download version 0.5 from
83 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">here</a>.
84 < This release provides both documentation and examples, which
85 < we hope will make the package more useable. Stay tuned for the
86 < next release with some useful tools.
87 < </p>
88 <
89 < <a name="what"><h2>What is libstatgrab?</h2></a>
90 <
91 < <p>
92 < libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to
93 < statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and
94 < presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access
95 < key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
96 < usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network
97 < traffic, disk I/O, and more.
98 < </p>
99 <
100 < <p>
101 < The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.4, FreeBSD
102 < 4.x/5.x, and NetBSD 1.6.x. The aim is to extend this to include as many
103 < operating systems as possible.
104 < </p>
105 <
106 < <p>
107 < The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The first,
108 < <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a curses-based interface to
109 < viewing the current state of the system. The second, statgrab, gives a
110 < sysctl-style interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
111 < extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or anything
112 < else that can't easily make C function calls. Included with statgrab is
113 < a script to generate an <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a>
114 < configuration file to use statgrab.
115 < </p>
116 <
117 < <a name="download"><h2>Downloading</h2></a>
118 <
119 < <p>
120 < The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from our
121 < primary download
122 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab">mirror</a>.
123 < All downloads are pgp signed using our <a href="/pgpkey.shtml">PGP Key</a>.
124 < </p>
125 <
126 < <p>
127 < For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL files
128 < contained within the archive. If you're using
129 < <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make use of the
130 < <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">devel/libstatgrab</a>
131 < port to install libstatgrab for you.
132 < </p>
133 <
134 < <a name="documentation"><h2>Documentation</h2></a>
135 <
136 < <p>
137 < The only online documentation we have at the moment is the manual
138 < pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably best to start with
139 < the overview manual page:
140 <
141 < <ul>
142 < <li><a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a></li>
143 < </ul>
144 < </p>
145 <
146 < <p>
147 < Then we have the manual pages for each function:
148 <
149 < <ul>
150 < <li><a href="cpu_percent_usage.html">cpu_percent_usage(3)</a></li>
151 < <li><a href="get_diskio_stats.html">get_diskio_stats(3)</a></li>
152 < <li><a href="get_general_stats.html">get_general_stats(3)</a></li>
153 < <li><a href="get_load_stats.html">get_load_stats(3)</a></li>
154 < <li><a href="get_memory_stats.html">get_memory_stats(3)</a></li>
155 < <li><a href="get_network_stats.html">get_network_stats(3)</a></li>
156 < <li><a href="get_page_stats.html">get_page_stats(3)</a></li>
157 < <li><a href="get_process_stats.html">get_process_stats(3)</a></li>
158 < <li><a href="get_user_stats.html">get_user_stats(3)</a></li>
159 < </ul>
160 < </p>
161 <
162 < <a name="screenshot"><h2>Screenshot</h2></a>
163 <
164 < <p>
165 < Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
166 < </p>
167 < <p>
168 < <img src="saidar.png" alt="saidar screenshot">
169 < </p>
170 <
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1 > <!--#include virtual="/doctype.inc" -->
2 >  <head>
3 >    <title>
4 >      i-scream libstatgrab homepage
5 >    </title>
6 > <!--#include virtual="/style.inc" -->
7 >  </head>
8 >  <body>
9 >    <div id="container">
10 >      <div id="main">
11 > <!--#include virtual="/header.inc" -->
12 >        <div id="contents">
13 >          <h1 class="top">
14 >            i-scream libstatgrab homepage
15 >          </h1>
16 >          <div id="topnav">
17 >            <ul>
18 >              <li>
19 >                <a href="#news">News</a>
20 >              </li>
21 >              <li>
22 >                <a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</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="#development">Development</a>
32 >              </li>
33 >              <li>
34 >                <a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
35 >              </li>
36 >              <li>
37 >                <a href="#screenshot">Screenshot</a>
38 >              </li>
39 >            </ul>
40 >          </div>
41 >          <h2>
42 >            <a id="news">News</a>
43 >          </h2>
44 >          <p>
45 >            To get notifications of new libstatgrab releases why not
46 >            subscribe to our project over on
47 >            <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libstatgrab/">freshmeat</a>?
48 >          </p>
49 >          <h3>
50 >            Tuesday 27 July 2004
51 >          </h3>
52 >          <p>
53 >            Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
54 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
55 >          </p>
56 >          <p>
57 >            This release fixes a problem with the shared library
58 >            version number in the last release.
59 >          </p>
60 >          <h3>
61 >            Monday 26 July 2004
62 >          </h3>
63 >          <p>
64 >            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
65 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
66 >          </p>
67 >          <p>
68 >            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
69 >            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
70 >            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
71 >            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
72 >            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
73 >            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
74 >            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
75 >            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
76 >            NEWS file.
77 >          </p>
78 >          <h3>
79 >            Thursday 20 May 2004
80 >          </h3>
81 >          <p>
82 >            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
83 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
84 >          </p>
85 >          <p>
86 >            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
87 >            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
88 >            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
89 >            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
90 >            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
91 >            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
92 >          </p>
93 >          <p>
94 >            The other main change in this release is a new function to
95 >            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
96 >            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
97 >            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
98 >            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
99 >            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
100 >            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
101 >          </p>
102 >          <p>
103 >            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
104 >            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
105 >            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
106 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
107 >          </p>
108 >          <h3>
109 >            Sunday 21 March 2004
110 >          </h3>
111 >          <p>
112 >            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
113 >            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
114 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
115 >          </p>
116 >          <h3>
117 >            Wednesday 10 March 2004
118 >          </h3>
119 >          <p>
120 >            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
121 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
122 >          </p>
123 >          <p>
124 >            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
125 >            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
126 >            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
127 >            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
128 >            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
129 >            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
130 >            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
131 >          </p>
132 >          <h3>
133 >            Wednesday 11 February 2004
134 >          </h3>
135 >          <p>
136 >            Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
137 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
138 >          </p>
139 >          <p>
140 >            The main focus of this release is adding support for
141 >            Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
142 >            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
143 >            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
144 >            code.
145 >          </p>
146 >          <h3>
147 >            Wednesday 21 January 2004
148 >          </h3>
149 >          <p>
150 >            Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
151 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
152 >          </p>
153 >          <p>
154 >            This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
155 >            descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
156 >            speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
157 >            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
158 >            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
159 >            released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
160 >          </p>
161 >          <h3>
162 >            Tuesday 6 January 2004
163 >          </h3>
164 >          <p>
165 >            Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
166 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
167 >          </p>
168 >          <p>
169 >            This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
170 >            support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
171 >            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
172 >            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
173 >            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
174 >            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
175 >            may require on some operating systems.
176 >          </p>
177 >          <h2>
178 >            <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
179 >          </h2>
180 >          <p>
181 >            libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
182 >            access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
183 >            It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
184 >            interfaces which can be used to access key system
185 >            statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
186 >            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
187 >            network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
188 >          </p>
189 >          <p>
190 >            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
191 >            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
192 >            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
193 >            include as many operating systems as possible.
194 >          </p>
195 >          <p>
196 >            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
197 >            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
198 >            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
199 >            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
200 >            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
201 >            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
202 >            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
203 >            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
204 >            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
205 >            to use statgrab.
206 >          </p>
207 >          <h2>
208 >            <a id="download">Downloading</a>
209 >          </h2>
210 >          <p>
211 >            The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
212 >            our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
213 >            All downloads are pgp signed using our
214 >            <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
215 >          </p>
216 >          <p>
217 >            For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
218 >            files contained within the archive. If you're using
219 >            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
220 >            use of the
221 >            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
222 >            devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
223 >          </p>
224 >          <h2>
225 >            <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
226 >          </h2>
227 >          <ul>
228 >            <li>
229 >              <a href="/pystatgrab/">Python</a>
230 >            </li>
231 >            <li>
232 >              <a href="http://pecl.php.net/statgrab/">PHP (external)</a>
233 >            </li>
234 >            <li>
235 >              <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Statgrab/">Perl (external)</a>
236 >            </li>
237 >          </ul>
238 >          <p>
239 >            Here are links to bindings for higher level languages
240 >            that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written
241 >            a binding for another language, please get
242 >            <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
243 >            can add a link here.
244 >          </p>
245 >          <h2>
246 >            <a id="development">Development</a>
247 >          </h2>
248 >          <ul>
249 >            <li>
250 >              <a href="/cgi-bin/cvslog.cgi?period=thisweek&amp;module=projects/libstatgrab">Commits this week</a>
251 >            </li>
252 >          </ul>
253 >          <p>
254 >            We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system.
255 >            Using this link you can see what changes we've made this week.
256 >            For more information on our CVS setup see our
257 >            <a href="/cvs.xhtml">CVS page</a>.
258 >          </p>
259 >          <h2>
260 >            <a id="documentation">Documentation</a>
261 >          </h2>
262 >          <p>
263 >            The only online documentation we have at the moment is the
264 >            manual pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably
265 >            best to start with the overview manual page:
266 >          </p>
267 >          <ul>
268 >            <li>
269 >              <a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a>
270 >            </li>
271 >          </ul>
272 >          <p>
273 >            Then we have the manual pages for each function:
274 >          </p>
275 >          <ul>
276 >            <li>
277 >              <a href="sg_get_cpu_stats.html">sg_get_cpu_stats(3)</a>
278 >            </li>
279 >            <li>
280 >              <a href="sg_get_disk_io_stats.html">sg_get_disk_io_stats(3)</a>
281 >            </li>
282 >            <li>
283 >              <a href="sg_get_fs_stats.html">sg_get_fs_stats(3)</a>
284 >            </li>
285 >            <li>
286 >              <a href="sg_get_host_info.html">sg_get_host_info(3)</a>
287 >            </li>
288 >            <li>
289 >              <a href="sg_get_load_stats.html">sg_get_load_stats(3)</a>
290 >            </li>
291 >            <li>
292 >              <a href="sg_get_mem_stats.html">sg_get_mem_stats(3)</a>
293 >            </li>
294 >            <li>
295 >              <a href="sg_get_network_iface_stats.html">sg_get_network_iface_stats(3)</a>
296 >            </li>
297 >            <li>
298 >              <a href="sg_get_network_io_stats.html">sg_get_network_io_stats(3)</a>
299 >            </li>
300 >            <li>
301 >              <a href="sg_get_page_stats.html">sg_get_page_stats(3)</a>
302 >            </li>
303 >            <li>
304 >              <a href="sg_get_process_stats.html">sg_get_process_stats(3)</a>
305 >            </li>
306 >            <li>
307 >              <a href="sg_get_user_stats.html">sg_get_user_stats(3)</a>
308 >            </li>
309 >          </ul>
310 >          <h2>
311 >            <a id="screenshot">Screenshot</a>
312 >          </h2>
313 >          <p>
314 >            Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
315 >          </p>
316 >          <p>
317 >            <img src="saidar.png" alt="saidar screenshot" />
318 >          </p>
319 >        </div>
320 > <!--#include virtual="/footer.inc" -->
321 >      </div>
322 > <!--#include virtual="/menu.inc" -->
323 >    </div>
324 >  </body>
325   </html>

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