Ubuntu Manpage: uurate - Report Taylor UUCP statistics

NAME

       uurate - Report Taylor UUCP statistics

SYNOPSIS

       uurate [ -acdefhipqtvx ] [ -s host  ] [ -I config  ][ 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 and stats files given to uurate must be in the ``Taylor'' or ``V2'' 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  or -I option nor any logfile options are given, uurate defaults to taking its input
       from the current Taylor Log and Stats files. The names are either as defined at compilation time, in case
       there is no config file, or  taken  from  the  arguments  of  the  keywords  logfile  and  statfile  when
       encountered in the config file.  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,  a summary report is displayed. If there is no relevant data for a particular report or host, that
       report or host will be suppressed.

OPTIONS

       The following options may be given to uurate:

       -a   All reports. Identical to -cfexp.

       -c   Report on call statistics. Requires data from a Log file.

       -d   will print the default config file to be used.

       -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.

       -f   Report on file transfer statistics. Requires data from a Stats file.

       -h   will print a short help information.

       -i   tells uurate to read any logfile information from standard input.

       -p   report on protocol errors and packets sent/received

       -q   do not print the Environment information,

       -t   All reports. Identical to -cfexp.  plus the Compact summary.

       -v   will print the version id string

       -x   Report on remote execution requests (e.g., rmail).  Requires data from a Log file.

       -s host
            Restrict report output to host.

       -I config file
            an alternate config file may be passed by this option.

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 options -a or -t. 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.

Protocol packet report
The protocol report gives statistics on min/max packet and window sizes used during transmission. Further
on data is collected for packets transferred. The data is collected for each host/protocol type. The
fields are described below:

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system,
typ Type of protocol used
Min minimum packet/window size
Max maximum packet/window size
sent packets sent
resent packets resent
received packets received

Protocol error report
The protocol report gives statistics on packet errors during transmission. The data is collected for each
host/protocol type. The fields are described below:

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system,
typ Type of protocol used
header number of errors in header
checksum number of checksum errors
order number of order errors
resent number packets resent
rem-reject packets that the remote site rejected

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

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system,
succ. Successful calls attempted to/by that system,
failed Failed calls to/by that system,
total Total calls to/by that system,
time Collected connect time (hh:mm:ss) for all 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:

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system
files Number of files transferred
Bytes/1000 Total size of files transferred given in thousands
xfr time Total time (hh:mm:ss) spent on transfer the files,
B/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:

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system
connected Total connect time for that system (turn-around)
xfr time Total file transfer time for that system
overhead Connect time not used to transfer files,
eff. % Ratio of connect time to transfer time (xfer*100/conn)

Command executions report
The remote execution report describes remotely requested command executions from each active host system,
like rmail and rnews. Up to eight command names are displayed. If there are more, the rest will be put
together in an `Misc.' column. The fields are described below:

site UUCP node name of neighbor host system,
(command) Number of requests of this command,
Misc. Number of other requests, if more than eight.

FILES
The file names below may be changed at compilation time or by the configuration file, so these are only
approximations.
/usr/spool/uucp/Log V2/Taylor format call/execution log,
/usr/spool/uucp/Stats V2/Taylor format file transfer log.