uurate

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NAME

uurate - Report Taylor UUCP statistics  

SYNOPSIS

uurate [ -cfexai ] [ -h host ] [ logfile... ]

or simply,

uurate

for a traffic summary report.  

DESCRIPTION

The uurate command provides tabular summary reports on the operation of the Taylor UUCP system. Data is taken from the currently active log files, standard input, or from a list of log files given on the command line. Output is in the form of tabular reports summarizing call, file transfer, and command execution (uuxqt) activity.

The log files given to uurate must be in the ``Taylor'' format. Also, note that call and file transfer activities are logged in separate files, nominally called Log and Stats, respectively. For reports to be meaningful, the Log and Stats files should be given to uurate together, and cover the same time period.

If neither the -i option nor any logfile options are given, uurate defaults to taking its input from the current Taylor Log and Stats files, as defined at compilation time. This is the normal mode of operation.

The reporting options described below can be used to select the set of reports desired. If no options are given, the call and file reports are displayed. If there is no relevant data for a particular report or host, that report or host will be supressed.  

OPTIONS

The following options may be given to uurate:
-c
Report on call statistics. Requires data from a Log file.
-f
Report on file transfer statistics. Requires data from a Stats file.
-e
Report on efficiency (total connect time versus time spent transferring files). Requires data from both a Log and a Stats file, and they must span the same time period.
-x
Report on remote execution requests (e.g., rmail). Requires data from a Log file.
-a
All reports. Identical to -cfex.
-h host
Restrict report output to host.
 

DESCRIPTION OF REPORTS

There are four reports available: the call, file transfer, efficiency, and remote execution reports. Each may be selected by a command line option. All reports may be selected via the option -a. If no report selection options are given, uurate displays a compact traffic summary report (see below).  

Summary report

If no report options are given, uurate displays a traffic summary report. This is particularly useful in daily cron jobs which report on errors and the like. Traffic statistics for each active system is reported on a single line. If more than one system was active, a 'totals' line is included at the end of the report.  

Call report

The call report gives statistics on inbound and outbound calls for each active host system. The fields are described below:

sysname  UUCP node name of neighbor host system
callto   Outbound calls attempted to that system
failto   Failed outbound calls to that system
totime   Connect time (sec.) on outbound calls
callfm   Inbound calls attempted by that system
failfm   Failed inbound calls from that system
fmtime   Connect time (sec.) on inbound calls
 

File transfer reports

The file transfer reports give statistics on inbound and
outbound file transfers (regardless of which end initiated the transfer) for each active host system. There are two reports, one for files sent to the remote system and one for files received from the remote system. The fields in each report are described below:

sysname  UUCP node name of neighbor host system
files    Number of files transferred
bytes    Total size (bytes) of files transferred
seconds  Total time (sec.) to transfer files
byte/sec Average transfer rate (bytes/sec)
 

Efficiency report

The efficiency report describes the utilization of the links
to each active remote system, giving the ratio of total connect time to the time spent actually transferring files. The fields are described below:

sysname  UUCP node name of neighbor host system
conntime Total connect time for that system
flowtime Total file transfer time for that system
ovhdtime Connect time not used to transfer files
effcy (%)Ratio of connect time to transfer time
 

Remote execution report

The remote execution report describes remotely
requested command executions from each active host system. Executions of rmail and rnews are the most common, and are detailed separately. The fields are described below:

sysname  UUCP node name of neighbor host system
rmail    Number of rmail requests from that system
rnews    Number of rnews requests from that system
other    Number of other requests from that system
 

FILES

The file names below may be changed at compilation time or by the
configuration file, so these are only approximations.

/usr/spool/uucp/LogTaylor format call/execution log
/usr/spool/uucp/StatsTaylor format file transfer log
 

SEE ALSO

uucico(8)  

BUGS

Does not understand older (V2, BNU) logging formats. Anyone care to
volunteer to add this? I don't use the stuff myself.

The entries that Taylor UUCP makes in the log file for incoming calls don't have a host name. This confuses uurate into thinking that the calls came in for system "-". This may require a change to Taylor logging.

Should check the configuration file to locate the currently active Log and Stats files when using them for default inputs. Instead, it uses the compile-time settings only.

Should report packet protocol error statistics by host and protocol type.  

AUTHOR

Robert B. Denny (denny@alisa.com)
Loosely based on the DECUS UUCP program uurate by Mark Pizzolato.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION OF REPORTS
Summary report
Call report
File transfer reports
Efficiency report
Remote execution report
FILES
SEE ALSO
BUGS
AUTHOR

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