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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="#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 >            Wednesday 25 August 2004
51 >          </h3>
52 >          <p>
53 >            Version 0.10.3 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 adds a handful of new features to statgrab, and
58 >            adds support for FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT. See the NEWS file in
59 >            the tarball for more details.
60 >          </p>
61 >          <h3>
62 >            Tuesday 27 July 2004
63 >          </h3>
64 >          <p>
65 >            Version 0.10.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
66 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
67 >          </p>
68 >          <p>
69 >            This release fixes a problem with the shared library
70 >            version number in the last release.
71 >          </p>
72 >          <h3>
73 >            Monday 26 July 2004
74 >          </h3>
75 >          <p>
76 >            Version 0.10.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
77 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
78 >          </p>
79 >          <p>
80 >            This release consists almost entirely of bugfixes.
81 >            We've fixed compile-time errors for recent OpenBSD and
82 >            NetBSD platforms, and also a minor bug in statgrab
83 >            that broke network statistics on Solaris. New
84 >            variables have been added to the pkg-config file to
85 >            suggest ownership and permissions of binaries, and
86 >            we've added error reporting functions that store errno
87 >            values. There's also other minor fixes detailed in the
88 >            NEWS file.
89 >          </p>
90 >          <h3>
91 >            Thursday 20 May 2004
92 >          </h3>
93 >          <p>
94 >            Version 0.10 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
95 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
96 >          </p>
97 >          <p>
98 >            This release concentrates heavily on standardising the names
99 >            of functions and structures throughout libstatgrab. Although
100 >            this will mean changes for existing programs, in the long run
101 >            we hope it'll make things both clearer and easier. However,
102 >            for those who still need the old functions we have provided
103 >            compatibility wrappers. See the NEWS file for details.
104 >          </p>
105 >          <p>
106 >            The other main change in this release is a new function to
107 >            provide full details on currently running processes. See the
108 >            documentation for sg_get_process_stats for details. Along with
109 >            this there are compare functions for use with qsort for sorting
110 >            process, network, and disk io statistics. We've also introduced
111 >            error reporting functions that allow calling applications to
112 >            see why libstatgrab has returned a failure. See sg_get_error.
113 >          </p>
114 >          <p>
115 >            Finally, we've added support for NetBSD 2.0 and tidied up lots
116 >            of areas of the code. This release does not include the python
117 >            bindings - they're now available as their own project called
118 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">pystatgrab</a>.
119 >          </p>
120 >          <h3>
121 >            Sunday 21 March 2004
122 >          </h3>
123 >          <p>
124 >            pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
125 >            bindings, has been released. Check out it's
126 >            <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
127 >          </p>
128 >          <h3>
129 >            Wednesday 10 March 2004
130 >          </h3>
131 >          <p>
132 >            Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
133 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
134 >          </p>
135 >          <p>
136 >            This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
137 >            added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
138 >            etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
139 >            errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
140 >            OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
141 >            to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
142 >            privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
143 >          </p>
144 >          <h3>
145 >            Wednesday 11 February 2004
146 >          </h3>
147 >          <p>
148 >            Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
149 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
150 >          </p>
151 >          <p>
152 >            The main focus of this release is adding support for
153 >            Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
154 >            libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
155 >            directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
156 >            code.
157 >          </p>
158 >          <h3>
159 >            Wednesday 21 January 2004
160 >          </h3>
161 >          <p>
162 >            Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
163 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
164 >          </p>
165 >          <p>
166 >            This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
167 >            descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
168 >            speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
169 >            with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
170 >            library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
171 >            released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
172 >          </p>
173 >          <h3>
174 >            Tuesday 6 January 2004
175 >          </h3>
176 >          <p>
177 >            Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
178 >            Download it from one of our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirrors</a>.
179 >          </p>
180 >          <p>
181 >            This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
182 >            support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
183 >            names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
184 >            There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
185 >            various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
186 >            make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
187 >            may require on some operating systems.
188 >          </p>
189 >          <h2>
190 >            <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
191 >          </h2>
192 >          <p>
193 >            libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
194 >            access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
195 >            It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
196 >            interfaces which can be used to access key system
197 >            statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
198 >            usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
199 >            network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
200 >          </p>
201 >          <p>
202 >            The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
203 >            2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
204 >            DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
205 >            include as many operating systems as possible.
206 >          </p>
207 >          <p>
208 >            The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
209 >            first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
210 >            curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
211 >            system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
212 >            interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
213 >            extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
214 >            anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
215 >            Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
216 >            <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
217 >            to use statgrab.
218 >          </p>
219 >          <h2>
220 >            <a id="download">Downloading</a>
221 >          </h2>
222 >          <p>
223 >            The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
224 >            our <a href="/mirrors.xhtml">mirror sites</a>.
225 >            All downloads are pgp signed using our
226 >            <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
227 >          </p>
228 >          <p>
229 >            For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
230 >            files contained within the archive. If you're using
231 >            <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
232 >            use of the
233 >            <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
234 >            devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
235 >          </p>
236 >          <h2>
237 >            <a id="bindings">Language Bindings</a>
238 >          </h2>
239 >          <ul>
240 >            <li>
241 >              <a href="/pystatgrab/">Python</a>
242 >            </li>
243 >            <li>
244 >              <a href="http://pecl.php.net/statgrab/">PHP (external)</a>
245 >            </li>
246 >            <li>
247 >              <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Statgrab/">Perl (external)</a>
248 >            </li>
249 >          </ul>
250 >          <p>
251 >            Here are links to bindings for higher level languages
252 >            that provide access to libstatgrab. If you've written
253 >            a binding for another language, please get
254 >            <a href="mailto:dev@i-scream.org">in touch</a> so we
255 >            can add a link here.
256 >          </p>
257 >          <h2>
258 >            <a id="development">Development</a>
259 >          </h2>
260 >          <ul>
261 >            <li>
262 >              <a href="/cgi-bin/cvslog.cgi?period=thisweek&amp;module=projects/libstatgrab">Commits this week</a>
263 >            </li>
264 >          </ul>
265 >          <p>
266 >            We develop libstatgrab using the CVS revision control system.
267 >            Using this link you can see what changes we've made this week.
268 >            For more information on our CVS setup see our
269 >            <a href="/cvs.xhtml">CVS page</a>.
270 >          </p>
271 >          <h2>
272 >            <a id="documentation">Documentation</a>
273 >          </h2>
274 >          <p>
275 >            The only online documentation we have at the moment is the
276 >            manual pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably
277 >            best to start with the overview manual page:
278 >          </p>
279 >          <ul>
280 >            <li>
281 >              <a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a>
282 >            </li>
283 >          </ul>
284 >          <p>
285 >            Then we have the manual pages for each function:
286 >          </p>
287 >          <ul>
288 >            <li>
289 >              <a href="sg_get_cpu_stats.html">sg_get_cpu_stats(3)</a>
290 >            </li>
291 >            <li>
292 >              <a href="sg_get_disk_io_stats.html">sg_get_disk_io_stats(3)</a>
293 >            </li>
294 >            <li>
295 >              <a href="sg_get_fs_stats.html">sg_get_fs_stats(3)</a>
296 >            </li>
297 >            <li>
298 >              <a href="sg_get_host_info.html">sg_get_host_info(3)</a>
299 >            </li>
300 >            <li>
301 >              <a href="sg_get_load_stats.html">sg_get_load_stats(3)</a>
302 >            </li>
303 >            <li>
304 >              <a href="sg_get_mem_stats.html">sg_get_mem_stats(3)</a>
305 >            </li>
306 >            <li>
307 >              <a href="sg_get_network_iface_stats.html">sg_get_network_iface_stats(3)</a>
308 >            </li>
309 >            <li>
310 >              <a href="sg_get_network_io_stats.html">sg_get_network_io_stats(3)</a>
311 >            </li>
312 >            <li>
313 >              <a href="sg_get_page_stats.html">sg_get_page_stats(3)</a>
314 >            </li>
315 >            <li>
316 >              <a href="sg_get_process_stats.html">sg_get_process_stats(3)</a>
317 >            </li>
318 >            <li>
319 >              <a href="sg_get_user_stats.html">sg_get_user_stats(3)</a>
320 >            </li>
321 >          </ul>
322 >          <h2>
323 >            <a id="screenshot">Screenshot</a>
324 >          </h2>
325 >          <p>
326 >            Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
327 >          </p>
328 >          <p>
329 >            <img src="saidar.png" alt="saidar screenshot" />
330 >          </p>
331 >        </div>
332 > <!--#include virtual="/footer.inc" -->
333 >      </div>
334 > <!--#include virtual="/menu.inc" -->
335 >    </div>
336 >  </body>
337   </html>

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