+ libstatgrab homepage +
+ ++ 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 supported and tested platforms + includes FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, + DragonFly BSD, HP-UX and AIX. We are always happy to + accept patches to extend support to other operating + systems. +
++ 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 +
++ Thursday 8 August 2013 +
+
+ Version 0.90 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+ Please note this and future releases are signed with a new
+ PGP key.
+
+ Please note that the API in 0.90 has changed, so + applications using libstatgrab will need to be updated to + support the changes. +
++ There are a large number of changes in this version of + libstatgrab. Here is an overview: +
+-
+
- Thread safety and reentrant functions. +
- API unification (every stats call is now able to + return multiple entries). +
- Complete rewrite of internal memory management (eases + future extensions). +
- Add experimental support for tracing using log4cplus. +
- Complete the ports for AIX, HP-UX and most of the + widely used BSD-based operating systems. +
- Complete the port for Darwin/MacOS X including basic + Mach. +
- Clean up the FreeBSD and Solaris implementations. +
- Clean up the FreeBSD and Solaris implementations. +
+ This release is the result of a significant amount of work + by the newest member of the libstatgrab team - Jens + Rehsack. Welcome to the team Jens! +
++ If you find any bugs in the release please report them + over at our + Issue + Tracker on GitHub. +
++ Sunday 21 February 2010 +
+
+ Version 0.17 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release adds support for FreeBSD 9 and other systems + using utmpx. Also on FreeBSD it fixes an issue with large + quantities of memory and adds support for dynamically + getting a list of supported file systems. On Solaris ZFS + file systems will now be detected. And finally on Linux CPU + iowait information will be given where available. +
++ Friday 30 May 2008 +
++ Dag Odenhall got in touch today to let us know he's written + Ruby bindings + for libstatgrab. Thanks Dag! +
++ Monday 17 March 2008 +
+
+ Version 0.16 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release fixes some minor build problems on Solaris + with Sun's compiler, and on the Debian "armel" port. Also + a minor fix to statgrab-make-mrtg-config on machines with + no swap, and added support for FreeBSD 8. +
++ Saturday 14 July 2007 +
+
+ Version 0.15 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release fixes a regression introduced on OpenBSD in + the last release - memory statistics were reported + incorrectly. Some other minor changes have been made, see + the NEWS file for more information. +
++ Monday 8 January 2007 +
+
+ Version 0.14 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release contains mainly bugfixes - see the NEWS file + in the distribution for a full list. It also brings a new + feature in saidar: colour support, which can be activated + with the -c runtime flag. +
++ 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 from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release fixes a problem with the shared library + version number in the last release. +
++ Monday 26 July 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes. + We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and + NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab + that broke network statistics on Solaris. New + variables have been added to the pkg-config file to + suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and + we've added error reporting functions that store errno + values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the + NEWS file. +
++ Thursday 20 May 2004 +
+
+ Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.
+ Download it from one of our mirrors.
+
+ This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names + of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although + this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run + we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However, + for those who still need the old functions we have provided + compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details. +
++ The other main change in this release is a new function to + provide full details on currently running processes. See the + documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with + this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting + process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced + error reporting functions that allow calling applications to + see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error. +
++ Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots + of areas of the code. This release does not include the python + bindings - they're now available as their own project called + pystatgrab. +
++ Sunday 21 March 2004 +
++ pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python + bindings, has been released. Check out its + project page. +
++ Downloading +
++ The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from + 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. +
++ Language Bindings +
+ ++ 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 + can add a link here. +
++ Packages of libstatgrab +
+-
+
- + FreeBSD + +
- + Gentoo Linux + +
- + Solaris (Blastwave) + +
- + Solaris (SunFreeware) + +
- + Solaris (OpenCSW) + +
- + Debian + +
- + NetBSD + +
- + RPMs for various Linux distributions + +
- + OpenBSD + +
+ 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. +
++ Documentation +
++ The only online documentation we have at the moment is the + manual pages converted in to HTML format. First are the + manual pages for the command line tools: +
+-
+
- + saidar(1) + +
- + statgrab(1) + +
- + statgrab-make-mrtg-config(1) + +
- + statgrab-make-mrtg-index(1) + +
+ We also have an overview page for the library: +
+-
+
- + statgrab(3) + +
+ Then we have the manual pages for each function: +
+-
+
- + sg_comp_init(3) + +
- + sg_get_cpu_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_disk_io_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_error(3) + +
- + sg_get_fs_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_host_info(3) + +
- + sg_get_load_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_mem_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_network_iface_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_network_io_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_page_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_process_stats(3) + +
- + sg_get_user_stats(3) + +
- + sg_init(3) + +
- + sg_internal-intro(3) + +
- + sg_intro(3) + +
- + sg_lock_mutex(3) + +
- + sg_set_error(3) + +
- + sg_vector_create(3) + +
+ Screenshot +
++ Here's what saidar looks like when it's running: +
+
+ 
+