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24 < <h1>libstatgrab</h1>
25 <
26 < <ul>
27 < <li><a href="#news">News</a></li>
28 < <li><a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a></li>
29 < <li><a href="#download">Downloading</a></li>
30 < <li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
31 < </ul>
32 <
33 < <a name="news"><h2>News</h2></a>
34 <
35 < <p>
36 < <b>Tuesday 09 September 2003</b><br><br>
37 < We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br>
38 < You can download version 0.5.1 from
39 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">here</a>.
40 < This release is primarily a bugfix release..
41 < </p>
42 <
43 < <p>
44 < <b>Monday 25 August 2003</b><br><br>
45 < We're pleased to announce a new release of libstatgrab.<br>
46 < You can download version 0.5 from
47 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">here</a>.
48 < This release provides both documentation and examples, which
49 < we hope will make the package more useable. Stay tuned for the
50 < next release with some useful tools.
51 < </p>
52 <
53 < <a name="what"><h2>What is libstatgrab?</h2></a>
54 <
55 < <p>
56 < libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to
57 < statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and
58 < presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access
59 < key system statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
60 < usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts, network
61 < traffic, disk I/O, and more.
62 < </p>
63 <
64 < <p>
65 < The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD
66 < 4.x. The aim is to extend this to include as many operating systems as
67 < possible.
68 < </p>
69 <
70 < <p>
71 < The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The first, saidar,
72 < provides a curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
73 < system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style interface to the
74 < statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This extends the use of
75 < libstatgrab to people writing scripts or anything else that can't
76 < easily make C function calls. Included with statgrab is a script to
77 < generate an <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
78 < to use statgrab.
79 < </p>
80 <
81 < <a name="download"><h2>Downloading</h2></a>
82 <
83 < <p>
84 < The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from our
85 < primary download
86 < <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab">mirror</a>.
87 < All downloads are pgp signed using our <a href="/pgpkey.shtml">PGP Key</a>.
88 < </p>
89 <
90 < <p>
91 < For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL files
92 < contained within the archive. If you're using
93 < <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make use of the
94 < <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">devel/libstatgrab</a>
95 < port to install libstatgrab for you.
96 < </p>
97 <
98 < <a name="documentation"><h2>Documentation</h2></a>
99 <
100 < <p>
101 < The only online documentation we have at the moment is the manual
102 < pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably best to start with
103 < the overview manual page:
104 <
105 < <ul>
106 < <li><a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a></li>
107 < </ul>
108 < </p>
109 <
110 < <p>
111 < Then we have the manual pages for each function:
112 <
113 < <ul>
114 < <li><a href="cpu_percent_usage.html">cpu_percent_usage(3)</a></li>
115 < <li><a href="get_diskio_stats.html">get_diskio_stats(3)</a></li>
116 < <li><a href="get_general_stats.html">get_general_stats(3)</a></li>
117 < <li><a href="get_load_stats.html">get_load_stats(3)</a></li>
118 < <li><a href="get_memory_stats.html">get_memory_stats(3)</a></li>
119 < <li><a href="get_network_stats.html">get_network_stats(3)</a></li>
120 < <li><a href="get_page_stats.html">get_page_stats(3)</a></li>
121 < <li><a href="get_process_stats.html">get_process_stats(3)</a></li>
122 < <li><a href="get_user_stats.html">get_user_stats(3)</a></li>
123 < </ul>
124 < </p>
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1 > <!--#include virtual="/doctype.inc" -->
2 >  <head>
3 >    <title>
4 >      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 >            libstatgrab homepage
15 >          </h1>
16 >          <div id="topnav">
17 >            <ul>
18 >              <li>
19 >                <a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
20 >              </li>
21 >              <li>
22 >                <a href="#news">News</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="#packages">Packages</a>
32 >              </li>
33 >              <li>
34 >                <a href="#development">Development</a>
35 >              </li>
36 >              <li>
37 >                <a href="#documentation">Documentation</a>
38 >              </li>
39 >              <li>
40 >                <a href="#screenshot">Screenshot</a>
41 >              </li>
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 >          <h3>
78 >            Sunday 21 February 2010
79 >          </h3>
80 >          <p>
81 >            Version 0.17 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
82 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
83 >          </p>
84 >          <p>
85 >            This release adds support for FreeBSD 9 and other systems
86 >            using utmpx. Also on FreeBSD it fixes an issue with large
87 >            quantities of memory and adds support for dynamically
88 >            getting a list of supported file systems. On Solaris ZFS
89 >            file systems will now be detected. And finally on Linux CPU
90 >            iowait information will be given where available.
91 >          </p>
92 >          <h3>
93 >            Friday 30 May 2008
94 >          </h3>
95 >          <p>
96 >            Dag Odenhall got in touch today to let us know he's written
97 >            <a href="http://statgrab.rubyforge.org/">Ruby bindings</a>
98 >            for libstatgrab. Thanks Dag!
99 >          </p>
100 >          <h3>
101 >            Monday 17 March 2008
102 >          </h3>
103 >          <p>
104 >            Version 0.16 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
105 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
106 >          </p>
107 >          <p>
108 >            This release fixes some minor build problems on Solaris
109 >            with Sun's compiler, and on the Debian "armel" port. Also
110 >            a minor fix to statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with
111 >            no swap, and added support for FreeBSD 8.
112 >          </p>
113 >          <h3>
114 >            Saturday 14 July 2007
115 >          </h3>
116 >          <p>
117 >            Version 0.15 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
118 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
119 >          </p>
120 >          <p>
121 >            This release fixes a regression introduced on OpenBSD in
122 >            the last release - memory statistics were reported
123 >            incorrectly. Some other minor changes have been made, see
124 >            the NEWS file for more information.
125 >          </p>
126 >          <h3>
127 >            Monday 8 January 2007
128 >          </h3>
129 >          <p>
130 >            Version 0.14 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
131 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
132 >          </p>
133 >          <p>
134 >            This release contains mainly bugfixes - see the NEWS file
135 >            in the distribution for a full list. It also brings a new
136 >            feature in saidar: colour support, which can be activated
137 >            with the -c runtime flag.
138 >          </p>
139 >          <h3>
140 >            Monday 20 March 2006
141 >          </h3>
142 >          <p>
143 >            Version 0.13 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
144 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
145 >          </p>
146 >          <p>
147 >            This release mainly includes a bunch of bug fixes, but
148 >            also brings preliminary support for WIN32. We've also
149 >            added a few lines to the header file to make C++ linking
150 >            easier. Please see the NEWS file in the distribution for
151 >            full details.
152 >          </p>
153 >          <h3>
154 >            Sunday 31 July 2005
155 >          </h3>
156 >          <p>
157 >            Version 0.12 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
158 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
159 >          </p>
160 >          <p>
161 >            This release has some new features, bug fixes, and a minor
162 >            API change. More details have been added to the file
163 >            system statistics, linux partition detection has been
164 >            reworked, and compile errors on Linux 2.6 have been fixed.
165 >            Support has been added for Solaris 10 and FreeBSD 7.
166 >            There are also manual pages for all the tools.
167 >          </p>
168 >          <p>
169 >            The duplex value in the network interface statistics has
170 >            changed name from "dup" to "duplex" - this breaks the API.
171 >            We plan to stabilise the API for a 1.0 release. As before,
172 >            the old name is available if SG_ENABLE_DEPRECATED is
173 >            defined.
174 >          </p>
175 >          <h3>
176 >            Tuesday 26 April 2005
177 >          </h3>
178 >          <p>
179 >            Official libstatgrab packages for Debian now
180 >            <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">available</a>.
181 >          </p>
182 >          <p>
183 >            Thanks to the work of
184 >            <a href="mailto:fenio@debian.org">Bartosz Fenski</a>
185 >            libstatgrab is now available on debian. This replaces our
186 >            unofficial debian packages which will no longer be
187 >            updated.
188 >          </p>
189 >          <h3>
190 >            Thursday 3 March 2005
191 >          </h3>
192 >          <p>
193 >            Version 0.11.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
194 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
195 >          </p>
196 >          <p>
197 >            This release fixes a handful of minor bugs. Duplex
198 >            settings were reported incorrectly on linux (half and
199 >            full duplex were swapped), saidar displayed negative
200 >            filesystem stats incorrectly, and NFS filesystems were
201 >            ignored. These have all been fixed.
202 >          </p>
203 >          <h3>
204 >            Friday 12 November 2004
205 >          </h3>
206 >          <p>
207 >            Version 0.11 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
208 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
209 >          </p>
210 >          <p>
211 >            This release brings support for HP-UX (version 11.11), and
212 >            also fixes a few other minor issues.
213 >          </p>
214 >          <h3>
215 >            Wednesday 25 August 2004
216 >          </h3>
217 >          <p>
218 >            Version 0.10.3 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
219 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
220 >          </p>
221 >          <p>
222 >            This release adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and
223 >            adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in
224 >            the tarball for more details.
225 >          </p>
226 >          <h3>
227 >            Tuesday 27 July 2004
228 >          </h3>
229 >          <p>
230 >            Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
231 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
232 >          </p>
233 >          <p>
234 >            This release fixes a problem with the shared library
235 >            version number in the last release.
236 >          </p>
237 >          <h3>
238 >            Monday 26 July 2004
239 >          </h3>
240 >          <p>
241 >            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
242 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
243 >          </p>
244 >          <p>
245 >            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
246 >            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
247 >            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
248 >            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
249 >            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
250 >            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
251 >            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
252 >            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
253 >            NEWS file.
254 >          </p>
255 >          <h3>
256 >            Thursday 20 May 2004
257 >          </h3>
258 >          <p>
259 >            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
260 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
261 >          </p>
262 >          <p>
263 >            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
264 >            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
265 >            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
266 >            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
267 >            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
268 >            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
269 >          </p>
270 >          <p>
271 >            The other main change in this release is a new function to
272 >            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
273 >            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
274 >            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
275 >            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
276 >            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
277 >            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
278 >          </p>
279 >          <p>
280 >            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
281 >            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
282 >            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
283 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
284 >          </p>
285 >          <h3>
286 >            Sunday 21 March 2004
287 >          </h3>
288 >          <p>
289 >            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
290 >            bindings, has been released. Check out its
291 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
292 >          </p>
293 >          <h2>
294 >            <a id="download">Downloading</a>
295 >          </h2>
296 >          <p>
297 >            The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
298 >            our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
299 >            All downloads are pgp signed using our
300 >            <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
301 >          </p>
302 >          <p>
303 >            For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
304 >            files contained within the archive.
305 >          </p>
306 >          <h2>
307 >            <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
308 >          </h2>
309 >          <ul>
310 >            <li>
311 >              <a href="/pystatgrab/">Python</a>
312 >            </li>
313 >            <li>
314 >              <a href="http://pecl.php.net/statgrab/">PHP</a>
315 >            </li>
316 >            <li>
317 >              <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Statgrab/">Perl</a>
318 >            </li>
319 >            <li>
320 >              <a href="http://statgrab.rubyforge.org/">Ruby</a>
321 >            </li>
322 >          </ul>
323 >          <p>
324 >            Here are links to bindings for higher level languages
325 >            that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written
326 >            a binding for another language, please get in touch so we
327 >            can add a link here.
328 >          </p>
329 >          <h2>
330 >            <a id="packages">Packages of libstatgrab</a>
331 >          </h2>
332 >          <ul>
333 >            <li>
334 >              <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=statgrab&amp;stype=all">FreeBSD</a>
335 >            </li>
336 >            <li>
337 >              <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=libstatgrab">Gentoo Linux</a>
338 >            </li>
339 >            <li>
340 >              <a href="http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php/libstatgrab">Solaris (Blastwave)</a>
341 >            </li>
342 >            <li>
343 >              <a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com/">Solaris (SunFreeware)</a>
344 >            </li>
345 >            <li>
346 >              <a href="http://www.opencsw.org/packages/libstatgrab/">Solaris (OpenCSW)</a>
347 >            </li>
348 >            <li>
349 >              <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libstatgrab">Debian</a>
350 >            </li>
351 >            <li>
352 >              <a href="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/devel/libstatgrab/README.html">NetBSD</a>
353 >            </li>
354 >            <li>
355 >              <a href="http://software.opensuse.org/download/home:/anagappan/">RPMs for various Linux distributions</a>
356 >            </li>
357 >            <li>
358 >              <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/sysutils/libstatgrab/">OpenBSD</a>
359 >            </li>
360 >          </ul>
361 >          <p>
362 >            These are various pre-packaged versions of libstatgrab
363 >            that you can get for your favourite operating system. If
364 >            we've missed any out, please let us know.
365 >          </p>
366 >          <p>
367 >            We've noticed that google throws up some RPM's relating
368 >            to Mandrake and Suse, but no webpage for them.
369 >          </p>
370 >          <h2>
371 >            <a id="documentation">Documentation</a>
372 >          </h2>
373 >          <p>
374 >            The only online documentation we have at the moment is the
375 >            manual pages converted in to HTML format. First are the
376 >            manual pages for the command line tools:
377 >          </p>
378 >          <ul>
379 >            <li>
380 >              <a href="docs/saidar.1.html">saidar(1)</a>
381 >            </li>
382 >            <li>
383 >              <a href="docs/statgrab.1.html">statgrab(1)</a>
384 >            </li>
385 >            <li>
386 >              <a href="docs/statgrab-make-mrtg-config.1.html">statgrab-make-mrtg-config(1)</a>
387 >            </li>
388 >            <li>
389 >              <a href="docs/statgrab-make-mrtg-index.1.html">statgrab-make-mrtg-index(1)</a>
390 >            </li>
391 >          </ul>
392 >          <p>
393 >            We also have an overview page for the library:
394 >          </p>
395 >          <ul>
396 >            <li>
397 >              <a href="docs/statgrab.3.html">statgrab(3)</a>
398 >            </li>
399 >          </ul>
400 >          <p>
401 >            Then we have the manual pages for each function:
402 >          </p>
403 >          <ul>
404 >            <li>
405 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_cpu_stats.3.html">sg_get_cpu_stats(3)</a>
406 >            </li>
407 >            <li>
408 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_disk_io_stats.3.html">sg_get_disk_io_stats(3)</a>
409 >            </li>
410 >            <li>
411 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_fs_stats.3.html">sg_get_fs_stats(3)</a>
412 >            </li>
413 >            <li>
414 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_host_info.3.html">sg_get_host_info(3)</a>
415 >            </li>
416 >            <li>
417 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_load_stats.3.html">sg_get_load_stats(3)</a>
418 >            </li>
419 >            <li>
420 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_mem_stats.3.html">sg_get_mem_stats(3)</a>
421 >            </li>
422 >            <li>
423 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_network_iface_stats.3.html">sg_get_network_iface_stats(3)</a>
424 >            </li>
425 >            <li>
426 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_network_io_stats.3.html">sg_get_network_io_stats(3)</a>
427 >            </li>
428 >            <li>
429 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_page_stats.3.html">sg_get_page_stats(3)</a>
430 >            </li>
431 >            <li>
432 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_process_stats.3.html">sg_get_process_stats(3)</a>
433 >            </li>
434 >            <li>
435 >              <a href="docs/sg_get_user_stats.3.html">sg_get_user_stats(3)</a>
436 >            </li>
437 >          </ul>
438 >          <h2>
439 >            <a id="screenshot">Screenshot</a>
440 >          </h2>
441 >          <p>
442 >            Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
443 >          </p>
444 >          <p>
445 >            <img src="saidar.png" alt="saidar screenshot" />
446 >          </p>
447 >        </div>
448 > <!--#include virtual="/footer.inc" -->
449 >      </div>
450 > <!--#include virtual="/menu.inc" -->
451 >    </div>
452 >  </body>
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