--- web/www/libstatgrab/index.xhtml 2004/07/27 21:12:47 1.28 +++ web/www/libstatgrab/index.xhtml 2006/10/09 15:09:07 1.44 @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
+

+ What is libstatgrab? +

+

+ libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform + access to statistics about the system on which it's run. + It's written in C and presents a selection of useful + interfaces which can be used to access key system + statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU + usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, + network traffic, disk I/O, and more. +

+

+ The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux + 2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x, + DragonFly BSD 1.0, HP-UX, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend + this to include as many operating systems as possible. +

+

+ The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The + first, saidar, provides a + curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the + system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style + interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This + extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or + anything else that can't easily make C function calls. + Included with statgrab is a script to generate an + MRTG configuration file + to use statgrab. +

+

News

@@ -47,13 +81,98 @@ freshmeat?

+ Monday 20 March 2006 +

+

+ Version 0.13 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors. +

+

+ This release mainly includes a bunch of bug fixes, but + also brings preliminary support for WIN32. We've also + added a few lines to the header file to make C++ linking + easier. Please see the NEWS file in the distribution for + full details. +

+

+ Sunday 31 July 2005 +

+

+ Version 0.12 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors. +

+

+ This release has some new features, bug fixes, and a minor + API change. More details have been added to the file + system statistics, linux partition detection has been + reworked, and compile errors on Linux 2.6 have been fixed. + Support has been added for Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 7. + There are also manual pages for all the tools. +

+

+ The duplex value in the network interface statistics has + changed name from "dup" to "duplex" - this breaks the API. + We plan to stabilise the API for a 1.0 release. As before, + the old name is available if SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is + defined. +

+

+ Tuesday 26 April 2005 +

+

+ Official libstatgrab packages for Debian now + available. +

+

+ Thanks to the work of + Bartosz Fenski + libstatgrab is now available on debian. This replaces our + unofficial debian packages which will no longer be + updated. +

+

+ Thursday 3 March 2005 +

+

+ Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors. +

+

+ This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex + settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and + full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative + filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were + ignored. These have all been fixed. +

+

+ Friday 12 November 2004 +

+

+ Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors. +

+

+ This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and + also fixes a few other minor issues. +

+

+ Wednesday 25 August 2004 +

+

+ Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors. +

+

+ This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and + adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in + the tarball for more details. +

+

Tuesday 27 July 2004

Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. + Download it from one of our mirrors.

This release fixes a problem with the shared library @@ -64,9 +183,7 @@

Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. + Download it from one of our mirrors.

This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes. @@ -84,9 +201,7 @@

Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. + Download it from one of our mirrors.

This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names @@ -119,194 +234,18 @@ bindings, has been released. Check out it's project page.

-

- Wednesday 10 March 2004 -

-

- Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- This release brings new features and new platforms. We've - added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed, - etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o - errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for - OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done - to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated - privileges. See the NEWS file for more information. -

-

- Wednesday 11 February 2004 -

-

- Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- The main focus of this release is adding support for - Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use - libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras - directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the - code. -

-

- Wednesday 21 January 2004 -

-

- Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file - descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant - speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along - with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the - library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now - released under the LGPL instead of the GPL. -

-

- Tuesday 6 January 2004 -

-

- Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial - support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk - names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names. - There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in - various places. Finally, a new function has been added to - make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab - may require on some operating systems. -

-

- Wednesday 22 October 2003 -

-

- Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- The most significant change in this release is support for - NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been - optimised, and an initialise function has been added to - allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab - needs. The list of known file systems has been increased, - and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms. - Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't - get all the statistics. -

-

- Saturday 18 October 2003 -

-

- Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
- Download it - - here. -

-

- This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and - some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some - fixes to saidar, and statgrab. -

-

- Friday 10 October 2003 -

-

- Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.
- You can download it from our mirror site - - here. -

-

- This release includes some exciting new tools, support for - FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major - bugfixes and packaging enhancements. -

-

- Tuesday 09 September 2003 -

-

- We're pleased to announce a new release of - libstatgrab.
- You can download version 0.5.1 from - - here. -

-

- Monday 25 August 2003 -

-

- We're pleased to announce a new release of - libstatgrab.
- You can download version 0.5 from - - here. -

-

- This release provides both documentation and examples, - which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay - tuned for the next release with some useful tools. -

- What is libstatgrab? -

-

- libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform - access to statistics about the system on which it's run. - It's written in C and presents a selection of useful - interfaces which can be used to access key system - statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU - usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, - network traffic, disk I/O, and more. -

-

- The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux - 2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x, - DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to - include as many operating systems as possible. -

-

- The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The - first, saidar, provides a - curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the - system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style - interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This - extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or - anything else that can't easily make C function calls. - Included with statgrab is a script to generate an - MRTG configuration file - to use statgrab. -

-

Downloading

The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from - our primary download - - mirror. All downloads are pgp signed using our + our mirror sites. + All downloads are pgp signed using our PGP Key.

For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL - files contained within the archive. If you're using - FreeBSD you can make - use of the - - devel/libstatgrab port to install libstatgrab for you. + files contained within the archive.

Language Bindings @@ -326,10 +265,49 @@ Here are links to bindings for higher level languages that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written a binding for another language, please get - in touch so we + in touch so we can add a link here.

+ Packages of libstatgrab +

+ +

+ These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab + that you can get for your favourite operating system. If + we've missed any out, please let us know. +

+

+ We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating + to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them. +

+

+ Several attempts were made to submit a port to the + OpenBSD folk, but they didn't seem interested in taking + it. You can find it + + here. +

+

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