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22 <a href="#what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
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47 pystatgrab, a new package containing a set of Python
48 bindings, has been released. Check out it's
49 <a href="/pystatgrab/">project page</a>.
52 Wednesday 10 March 2004
55 Version 0.9 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
57 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.9.tar.gz">
61 This release brings new features and new platforms. We've
62 added information about network interfaces (duplex, speed,
63 etc) along with further statistics such as i/o packets, i/o
64 errors, and collisions. Support has also been added for
65 OpenBSD and DragonFly BSD. Finally some work has been done
66 to reduce the platforms on which libstatgrab needs elevated
67 privileges. See the NEWS file for more information.
70 Wednesday 11 February 2004
73 Version 0.8.2 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
75 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.2.tar.gz">
79 The main focus of this release is adding support for
80 Solaris 6. We've also added Python bindings so you can use
81 libstatgrab directly from Python (see the extras
82 directory). Finally, we've tidied up a few bits of the
86 Wednesday 21 January 2004
89 Version 0.8.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
91 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.1.tar.gz">
95 This release primarily fixes bugs. On Linux a file
96 descriptor leak was fixed. On Solaris some significant
97 speed increases were made to the disk mapping code, along
98 with some bug fixes for Solaris 7 platforms. Also, the
99 library part of libstatgrab (but not the tools) is now
100 released under the LGPL instead of the GPL.
103 Tuesday 6 January 2004
106 Version 0.8 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
108 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.8.tar.gz">
112 This release brings support for Linux 2.6 and partial
113 support for Cygwin. On Solaris libstatgrab now returns disk
114 names using cNtNdNsN names rather than the older sdN names.
115 There are also a bunch of fixes and optimisations in
116 various places. Finally, a new function has been added to
117 make it quicker to drop any elevated privileges libstatgrab
118 may require on some operating systems.
121 Wednesday 22 October 2003
124 Version 0.7 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
126 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.7.tar.gz">
130 The most significant change in this release is support for
131 NetBSD 1.6.x. Parts of the FreeBSD code have been
132 optimised, and an initialise function has been added to
133 allow programs to drop any extra privileges libstatgrab
134 needs. The list of known file systems has been increased,
135 and libstatgrab has been tested on even more platforms.
136 Finally, saidar has been tweaked to work even if it can't
137 get all the statistics.
140 Saturday 18 October 2003
143 Version 0.6.1 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
145 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.1.tar.gz">
149 This release brings support for FreeBSD 5 on sparc 64, and
150 some bugfixes in FreeBSD memory statistics. Also, some
151 fixes to saidar, and statgrab.
154 Friday 10 October 2003
157 Version 0.6 of libstatgrab has been released.<br />
158 You can download it from our mirror site
159 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.6.tar.gz">
163 This release includes some exciting new tools, support for
164 FreeBSD 5.1, and documentation in manpages. Plus some major
165 bugfixes and packaging enhancements.
168 Tuesday 09 September 2003
171 We're pleased to announce a new release of
173 You can download version 0.5.1 from
174 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.1.tar.gz">
178 Monday 25 August 2003
181 We're pleased to announce a new release of
183 You can download version 0.5 from
184 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/libstatgrab-0.5.tar.gz">
188 This release provides both documentation and examples,
189 which we hope will make the package more useable. Stay
190 tuned for the next release with some useful tools.
193 <a id="what">What is libstatgrab?</a>
196 libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform
197 access to statistics about the system on which it's run.
198 It's written in C and presents a selection of useful
199 interfaces which can be used to access key system
200 statistics. The current list of statistics includes CPU
201 usage, memory utilisation, disk usage, process counts,
202 network traffic, disk I/O, and more.
205 The current list of platforms is Solaris 2.x, Linux
206 2.2/2.4/2.6, FreeBSD 4.x/5.x, NetBSD 1.6.x, OpenBSD 3.x,
207 DragonFly BSD 1.0, and Cygwin. The aim is to extend this to
208 include as many operating systems as possible.
211 The package also includes a couple of useful tools. The
212 first, <a href="#screenshot">saidar</a>, provides a
213 curses-based interface to viewing the current state of the
214 system. The second, statgrab, gives a sysctl-style
215 interface to the statistics gathered by libstatgrab. This
216 extends the use of libstatgrab to people writing scripts or
217 anything else that can't easily make C function calls.
218 Included with statgrab is a script to generate an
219 <a href="http://www.mrtg.org">MRTG</a> configuration file
223 <a id="download">Downloading</a>
226 The latest version of libstatgrab can be downloaded from
228 <a href="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.i-scream.org/pub/i-scream/libstatgrab/">
229 mirror</a>. All downloads are pgp signed using our
230 <a href="/pgpkey.xhtml">PGP Key</a>.
233 For installation instructions see the README and INSTALL
234 files contained within the archive. If you're using
235 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org">FreeBSD</a> you can make
237 <a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/libstatgrab">
238 devel/libstatgrab</a> port to install libstatgrab for you.
241 <a id="documentation">Documentation</a>
244 The only online documentation we have at the moment is the
245 manual pages converted in to HTML format. It's probably
246 best to start with the overview manual page:
250 <a href="statgrab.html">statgrab(3)</a>
254 Then we have the manual pages for each function:
258 <a href="cpu_percent_usage.html">cpu_percent_usage(3)</a>
261 <a href="get_diskio_stats.html">get_diskio_stats(3)</a>
264 <a href="get_general_stats.html">get_general_stats(3)</a>
267 <a href="get_load_stats.html">get_load_stats(3)</a>
270 <a href="get_memory_stats.html">get_memory_stats(3)</a>
273 <a href="get_network_iface_stats.html">get_network_iface_stats(3)</a>
276 <a href="get_network_stats.html">get_network_stats(3)</a>
279 <a href="get_page_stats.html">get_page_stats(3)</a>
282 <a href="get_process_stats.html">get_process_stats(3)</a>
285 <a href="get_user_stats.html">get_user_stats(3)</a>
289 <a id="screenshot">Screenshot</a>
292 Here's what saidar looks like when it's running:
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