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

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