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MSYS Log File Analyzer 04/01/91
Several new features have been added to the LFA. Upon
start-up you will be asked several questions. They are:
1. Do you want a hard copy? (send output to a printer)
2. Do you want a soft copy? (send output to a file) See NOTE 1.
3. Do you want the bell rung when the log file has finished being read?
This is useful when reading very long log files and you dont
want to watch the screen.
4. Read the entire log or a partial log?
If you wish to read a partial log you will be asked for the
beginning date and time and then the ending date and time. You
MUST!!! enter the time and it must be separated by colons! The
date may be separated with whatever character you like. The
format is:
MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
example 2/26/90 0:00:00
2-26-90 23:59:59
5. Do you want a NTS report file generated? See NOTE 2.
Once the log has been read, a MENU is displayed from which any of 8
reports and 3 functions can be run individually.
0 displays a system report of restarts, quits,
total connects, and total disconnects.
1 displays a report showing the activities of
each station that has connected.
2 displays a report of messages received, forwarded,
and killed by type. Also reports the number of
messages received by size, in addition to totals for
messages received, killed, forwarded, read, and
rejected. Also displayed is the traffic received and
forwarded/killed by port. Also displays FWDs.
3 reports percentage of connects per day and per hour.
Percentage of connects per hour are based on time
stamps found in the log and therefore reflect your
system clock. ie local time or GMT.
4 displays connects and disconnects for each user on
each port. This is done for ports 0 through 5 if the
total number of active ports is 6 or more, or for
ports 0 through 6 if no more than 6 ports are active.
Both connects and disconnects are displayed to show
path reliability. Local Console sessions are shown
separately along with Network Connections at the
bottom.
5 is only available if all 7 ports have been active. it
also displays connects and disconnects but only for
those users heard on port 7.
6 lists the messages received but not killed.
7 displays the number of times a message has been read
and the most recent date it was read.
8 displays reports 0 through 7 all at once.
9 toggles printer on and off
10 toggles LFA.OUT file open and closed
99 quits
The LFA also has the ability to accept command line arguments to
suppress the start-up prompts. They are:
-r enables the bell to ring after reading the log.
-p produces a hard copy of the report.
-f produces a soft copy of the report to the file LFA.OUT.
NOTE 1: Previous LFA.OUT files will be lost if they exist in the
current directory.
-m generates a file called NTS.DAT which can be sent to state your
SM using \+\ NTS.DAT in a message.
NOTE 2: Previous NTS.DAT files will be lost if it still exist in the
current directory.
NOTE 3: If you specify a beginning and ending date, they will be
appended to the beginning of the file.
-x suppresses start-up prompts but doesn't do any fancy stuff.
"-b MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS" allows entering of the beginning date.
"-e MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS" allows entering of the ending date.
NOTE 4: The last two must be entered completely in the form given.
Complete with quotes!
Known Bugs Squashed
1. Local console sessions no longer counted with the port 1
connections.
2. The port report now displays properly if you dont have a
port 0.
3. Form feed sent to printer upon exit, not after every report.
What's New?
FWDs
network connections/disconnections
local console sessions no longer shown as part of port 1
output file LFA.OUT
output file NTS.DAT with beginning and ending date if specified
port report now correct even without a port 0