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.