
INTRODUCTION
============

Ruby_libgtop is a Ruby extension enabling access to the libgtop API
from Ruby.

Ruby is an object-oriented scripting language by Yukihiro Matsumoto. The
official Ruby Web site (http://www.ruby-lang.org/) contains information and
pointers to resources for this ass-kickin' language. :)

For pointers to more information about Ruby or libgtop, see the
``Resources'' section below.

Ruby_libgtop is developed and maintained by Colin Steele
(colin@rubycookbook.org). The latest version of ruby_libgtop can be
found on the official ruby_libgtop Web page:

	http://www.colinsteele.org

Philosophy
----------

Mirror the libgtop C API faithfully.

Recent Changes
--------------

2001-04-12  Colin Steele  <colin@ska.webg2.com>
	* First version.

DEPENDENCIES
============

Umm... surprisingly enough, you have to have libgtop installed. :)

INSTALLATION
============

See the file INSTALL for directions on how to install ruby_libgtop.

HOW TO USE
==========

See test.rb.

LIMITATIONS
===========

    NONE of the SMP-oriented fields are implemented, yet.

    NONE of the following APIs are implemented:

    	* Network information
	* Network load
	* PPP statistics
	* Mount list
	* Filesystem usage

RESOURCES
=========

The official Ruby Web site (http://www.ruby-lang.org/) contains an
introduction to Ruby, the Ruby Application Archive (RAA)
(http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html), and pointers to more
information.

See the official libgtop web page
(http://home-of-linux.org/gnome/libgtop/) for more information about
libgtop, including a manual
(http://home-of-linux.org/gnome/libgtop/manual/).

BUGS
====

No known bugs.  At the moment. :)

Please send comments and bug reports to Colin at
<colin@rubycookbook.org>.

COPYING
=======

Ruby_libgtop is copyrighted free software by Colin Steele and is
released under the X11 license.  See the COPYING file for more
information.


