libstatgrab README
http://www.i-scream.org/libstatgrab/

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Description
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libstatgrab is a library for accessing information from the system
for statistical purposes. It could be used for software that monitors
the system for alerting or graphing purposes.

License
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The library part of libstatgrab is licensed under the GNU LGPL, but
the tools and examples are licensed under the GNU GPL.

Building and Installation
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After downloading and extracting libstatgrab, configure and build as
follows;

./configure
make

Then install as root;

make install

There are, of course, the usual GNU-style configure options;

  --prefix=PREFIX

For detailed documentation on the generic installation process, please
read the INSTALL document.

Enhancements of the general configuration process can be seen in the
sections "Optional Features" and "Optional Packages" of the output of

  ./configure --help

Prerequisites
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While libstatgrab will run without additional prerequisites, there're
several options to improve it.

* Having a current 1.1.0 developer version of log4cplus will enable
  tracing functionalities
  See how getting log4cplus on it's project homepage at
  http://log4cplus.sourceforge.net/
  Note that libstatgrab doesn't enable it's logging automatically,
  the using applications must do it.
* Manpages can be built automatically when docbook2x is installed.
  See http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/
* On Linux it might be necessary to install the ncurses-dev package
  to get saidar compiled.

Platform Specific Notes
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Please see the PLATFORMS file for supported platforms and specific
notes on using libstatgrab on those platforms.

Problems?
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Please let us know if you have any problems - support@i-scream.org.

If you find a bug, help us to fix it by sending details to
bugs@i-scream.org. If you have a patch, please send it too.

Thank-you for using i-scream software.
