Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

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libstatgrab-0.92.1

Introduction to libstatgrab

This 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.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

libstatgrab Dependencies

Optional

"log4cplus"

Installation of libstatgrab

Prepare libstatgrab by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.92.1
make

To test the results, issue: 

make check

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: saidar, statgrab, statgrab-make-mrtg-config, and statgrab-make-mrtg-index
Installed Library: libstatgrab.so
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/libstatgrab-0.92.1

Short Descriptions

saidar

is a curses-based tool for viewing system statistics

statgrab

is a sysctl-style interface to system statistics

statgrab-make-mrtg-config

generates MRTG configuration

statgrab-make-mrtg-index

generates an XHTML index page from MRTG configuration files or stdin

libstatgrab.so

contains the libstatgrab API functions