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FrontDoor Log Analyzer FrontDoor Log Analyzer
Version 1.20
Documentation
2 December 1990
Copyright 1989, 1990 Mats Wallin Copyright 1989, 1990 Mats Wallin
All rights reserved All rights reserved
(FidoNet 2:201/310.1)
(SIGnet 27:1346/102)
FDLOG.TXT Page 1
FrontDoor Log Analyzer (v1.20) / Mats Wallin 2 December 1990
ABOUT FDLOG
FrontDoor Log Analyzer is a utility program, which helps
you extract the information that you find interesting in
FrontDoors logfile. A lot of data is gathered and
outputted in some files, which you easily can read and
see what has happened in your system.
FDLOG will run on (as far as I know) all computers where
you can use FrontDoor
No guarantee of any kind is included in this packege, you
are using FDLOG at your own risk. I will not be
responsible for anything that could happen to your system
when using FDLOG.
FDLOG may be used free of charge for anyone who is
allowed to use the noncommercial version of FrontDoor. If
you are not, and want to use this program, you should
contribute ($10 suggested) to:
Mats Wallin
Forskottsvagen 11
S-126 44 Hagersten
Sweden
REQUIREMENTS
FDLOG uses FrontDoors logfile. To find it, FDLOG reads
FD.SYS, which also has to be found. FDLOG searches for
FD.SYS in the current directory or, if it doesn't exist
there, in the directory pointed to by the environment
variable FD. I suggest that you always have FD defined.
Add this line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT, if you don't have it
there already:
SET FD=C:\FD
or wherever you have FrontDoor.
When FDLOG reads the logfile, it searches for four types
of logrecords:
$ Account information
* Sent/Rcvd files
+ Brief messages
% Requested files
To use FDLOG, you should make sure all these loglevels
are turned on.
FDLOG.TXT Page 2
FrontDoor Log Analyzer (v1.20) / Mats Wallin 2 December 1990
HOW IT WORKS
You can use FDLOG in two ways, either by using switches
and run it in batch mode, or with a simple menu, where
you can choose what you want to do.
WHAT FDLOG CAN DO FOR YOU
FDLOG scans the logfile and gathers a lot of data. Some
examples of the information you are able to get:
A list of all outgoing calls to other systems, date
and time of the connection, elapsed time, cost and
name of the node you called.
A list of all incoming calls.
A list of all files that your system sent to other
systems. This list doesn't include the mailfiles.
A list of all files that your system received from
other systems. No mailfiles are included here either
A list of all files other systems have requested,
with information if the file was sent.
A version of the logfile that includes most
information about incoming and outgoing calls, that
you can find in FrontDoors logfile, but in a more
compact form.
A file as above with information about all calls
since you last analyzed the logfile.
Besides the information above, FDLOG saves information
about all your calls in the last year, and you are able
to create a file whenever you want to, with information
about number of calls, elapsed time, number of
transferred files, cost etc, that you have had to each
node (per month) you've been in contact with.
FDLOG will also (when you decide) move the logfile to an
arcfile, zipfile, zoofile etc, and in this way save some
diskspace.
FDLOG.TXT Page 3
FrontDoor Log Analyzer (v1.20) / Mats Wallin 2 December 1990
INSTALLATION
You can place FDLOG.EXE and FDLOGCFG.EXE wherever you
want on your disk, it doesn't have to be in your
FrontDoor directory.
Before you use FDLOG for the first time, you have to run
the configuration program FDLOGCFG. This program creates
the FDLOG.SYS file, which contains information used by
FDLOG. You can run FDLOGCFG as often you want, and change
the information.
Format:
FDLOGCFG [-S] [?]
Options:
-S Create new FDLOG.SYS
This option tells FDLOGCFG to create a new
FDLOG.SYS file. Use it with care, since all
information FDLOG gathers is stored in this
file, and will be lost if a new one is created.
? Displays a help message.
When you run FDLOGCFG, you will be asked some questions
you have to answer. Most questions will have default
answers, and if you are pleased with it, just press
Enter.
The first questions are the name of FDLOG's output files.
All these files will be put in the same directory as
FDLOG.EXE, if you don't supply a path.
If there is a file you don't want FDLOG to create, leave
the field blank, and no data will be written to this
file.
You will also be asked for the number of lines to print
on each page in the output files.
Then FDLOGCFG asks how old logfiles should be renamed.
You have two options, date (FDyymmdd.LOG format) or
daynumber of the year (FDddd.LOG).
The next part is where you define the name of your
archive program, and the name of the arcfile where FDLOG
will move the logfiles. You don't have to supply an
extension to the arcfile, since the archive program will
append one automatically.
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