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xmenu - Control Menu

This is the menu system for accessing all the Unix commands needed to administer cross updating.

To run it, you should log in as 'admin' and select the 'Cross-updating' option from the admin menu, or as root, type xmenu at the '#' prompt. The screen will show:

Premvet 5 Directory = /u/vetdata
Background =  
Sites to send to = bdbport

You are = bdsedin															 																						
Lock file =   
Queued files = 6

1 Queue log files for remote site (x_send)
2 Check for incoming work (x_check)
3 Force a silent connection (uukick)
4 Force a verbose connection (uutry)
5 Transfer files menu
6 Real time monitor of sites(uustatus)
7 Traffic report(uutraf)
8 Analysis of traffic (tua)
9 Show uucp attempts (uulog)
0 Machine availability (uustat)
a Utilities
b Integration Status

X Return to Operating System

At the top there is a summary showing who you are and who you are sending information to, whether background integration is currently running and if the cross-updating is locked.

The first two options are the standard x_send and x_check updating utilities. You can pick either of them to manually run the appropriate option.

Force a silent Connection (uukick)

This option will prompt you for the name of a site to contact and will attempt a connection with it. If the connection is successful any work waiting at either end will be transferred, and the link will then drop. uukick - runs in the background - that is, you will not get a progress report on what is happening.

Force a verbose Connection (uutry)

Identical to uukick above except it will display on the screen a log of what is happening. Very useful in troubleshooting a connection.. When uutry finishes you will have to press the 'DEL' key to return to the # prompt.

This utility is discussed further in the troubleshooting section.

Real-Time monitor (uustatus)

This is a real time display of what is happening. The screen will update every 30 seconds and allows you to get a summary of the UUCP connections. You will also see during a call out from your server the last few lines of the conversation so you can monitor the progress.

To exit use the 'DEL' key.

SYSTEM       RETRY IO FIL   LAST TRY     NEXT TRY    STATUS    09/15 14:26

bdsedin                   09/15 14:05  09/15 14:05   SUCCESSFUL
testbox         8         09/07 01:10  09/07 11:50   LOGIN FAILED
ayrdev                    09/07 11:40  09/07 11:40   SUCCESSFUL
dummy           2         09/07 11:33  09/07 11:43

4 UUCP connections active

Traffic report (uutraf)

This will show you a summary of how much information you have been sending and receiving and how long the phones have been in use.

Remote   -----------K-Bytes----------- ----Hours---- --Avg CPS-- --Files--
 Host         Recv      Sent     Total   Recv   Sent  Recv  Sent Recv Sent
------   --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ----
bdsedin    85512.9  121222.3  206735.2   26.9   33.1   885  1019 9889 7798
ayrdev        36.3    5130.5    5166.8    0.0    0.0 193176 939312   15   18

                   -------------SUMMARY-------------
                   Total active uucp sites:      2
                   Total files recv:         9,904
                   Total files sent:         7,816
                   Total files:             17,720
                   Total hours recv:            26.9
                   Total hours sent:            33.1
                   Total hours:                 59.9
                   Total K-bytes recv:      85,549
                   Total K-bytes sent:    ,126,353
                   Total K-bytes:         ,211,902

Traffic report (tua)

This is a more detailed report with individual statistics and graphs for modem line(s), site(s) etc. It can also work out the approximate amount of your telephone bill. This report can be used to fine tune the call times.

The Uucp Analyzer (TUA) rel. 4.0 by lele@nautilus.sublink.org (Lele Gaifax)
HoneyDanBer UUCP Analysis for ``xanth.sublink.org'',
  since 01 Jan 2000 - 04:03:10 to 15 Sep 2000 - 14:28:48 (259 days)

By System:
==========
                     R E C E I V E D                       S E N T
System      Files  KBytes     Time       ATP   Files  KBytes     Time     ATP

ayrdev        15       35   0:00:00    193175     18    5010   0:00:05  939311
bdsedin     9891    83512  26:51:19      884   7798   118381  33:03:33    1018

By User:
========
                        S E N T
User         Files   KBytes      Time

nuucp         636      5209     1:35:33.27
root         5240     92675    24:47:44.06
tom          1580     13601     4:02:10.44
uucp          360     11907     2:38:11.54

By Day:
=======
Date       R E C E I V E D                     S E N T
Mo/Dy  Files   KBytes       Time      Files   KBytes       Time

09/01   188      4163     1:13:09.93   140      1470     0:27:33.16
09/02    18       162     0:03:06.23    28       269     0:05:00.76
09/03    22       136     0:02:38.83    53       307     0:05:12.56
09/04   179       630     0:13:01.31   176      2094     0:39:31.70
09/05   112      1361     0:23:59.39    90      2624     0:51:14.51
09/06   154       585     0:11:25.20    88      5853     0:16:18.32
09/07   147       436     0:09:07.22   108       716     0:13:21.16
09/08   270      3354     1:04:25.72   238      2825     0:43:33.88
09/09     5        35     0:00:43.06     8        27     0:00:30.24
09/10     0         0     0:00:00.00    17      2638     0:51:08.07
09/11   129       565     0:11:15.02    84      2154     0:33:50.71
09/12   147       564     0:11:54.57    63       427     0:08:02.04
09/13   115       953     0:17:28.59    79      6309     1:49:02.98
09/14   124       694     0:13:54.75    64      4176     1:20:22.70
09/15    50      1271     0:22:48.52    22        50     0:00:54.53

SUMMARY by System:
==================

ayrdev:
	Received      36317 (  15 Files) in    0:00:00.18: 193175 cps
	Sent        5130521 (  18 Files) in    0:00:05.46: 939311 cps
	Sent        5094204 bytes more than received.
	The system has been connected for      0:00:34.00 (83.4% of dead time)
		of which    0:00:32.00 ( 94.1%) are payed by the local system
		     and    0:00:02.00 (  5.9%) by this system.
	Spent     0:00:05.53 ( 97.9%) in Peak Rate
	          0:00:00.11 (  2.1%) in Normal Rate
	Last connection: 07 Sep 2000 - 10:40:16
	There have been 30 calls (with an average of 0 Ok/day):
					 30 OK ( 17 IN,  13 OUT)
					
bdsedin:
	Received   85516217 (9891 Files) in   26:51:19.22:  884 cps
	Sent      121222225 (7798 Files) in   33:03:33.85: 1018 cps
	Sent       35706008 bytes more than received.
	The system has been connected for   2063:29:59.00 (97.1% of dead time)
		of which 2045:53:01.00 ( 99.1%) are payed by the local system
		     and   17:36:58.00 (  0.9%) by this system.
	Spent    16:39:01.07 ( 27.8%) in Peak Rate
	         26:38:34.83 ( 44.5%) in Normal Rate
	         16:37:17.17 ( 27.7%) in Cheap Rate
	Last connection: 15 Sep 2000 - 14:28:43
	There have been 3816 calls (with an average of 13 Ok/day):
					3465 OK (1999 IN, 1466 OUT,  93 STOPPED)
					258 FAILED

testbox:
	Last connection: 01 Apr 2000 - 02:57:00
	There have been 26 calls (with an average of 0 Ok/day):
					  8 OK (  7 IN,   1 OUT,   3 STOPPED)
					 15 FAILED

+--------+------------------------------+------------------------------+-----+
|        |        R E C E I V E D       |            S E N T           |     |
| SYSTEM | KiloBytes :   Time   : Files | KiloBytes :   Time   : Files | ATP |
+--------+-----------:----------:-------+-----------:----------:-------+-----|
|ayrdev  |        35 :   0:00:00:    15 |      5010 :   0:00:05:    18 |914484|
|bdsedin |     83512 :  26:51:19:  9891 |    118381 :  33:03:33:  7798 |  958|
+--------+-----------:----------:-------+-----------:----------:-------+-----|
| TOTALS |     83547 :  26:51:19:  9906 |    123391 :  33:03:39:  7816 | ####|
+--------+-----------:----------:-------+-----------:----------:-------+-----|


Hourly Activity (on a 20 minutes basis) on tty1A00
======================================================

Max Value :     12811691 bytes
Scale     : '#'= 1281169 bytes

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                                        #        #       #                   
                                        #      # #    ## #                   
                                  #     ##     # #    ## #                   
                             #   ###  # ##     # #    ## ##   ##             
                             #   ###  #### #   # #  #######  ###             
                             #  ########## ######## ############ #     #     
     #                     ### ################################# #     ####  
     ========================================================================
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Show UUCP attempts (uulog)

If there is a problem with the transfer the details are logged, this utility will display or printout the log file. This, used in conjunction with the error messages in the manual should allow you to isolate where the problem lies.

Note: The menu options will run uulog on ALL uucp sites and not just those involved with cross updating.

Machine Availability (uustat)

Will give a one line summary about all the sites, showing you if a transfer was successful or not (and why not).

ayrdev                    09/07-11:40:16 SUCCESSFUL 
bdsedin                   09/15-14:30:15 SUCCESSFUL 
testbox                   09/07-01:10:43 LOGIN FAILED  Count: 8

Transfer files menu option

There may be a need to transfer some selected files from one machine to another. This option will allow you transfer some of the common files and is discussed in a later section.

Utilities

This menu option gives access to the various Unix files that are involved with Cross updating and UUCP. The options are discussed in a later section.

Integration Status (xshow)

The xshow option gives a summary and includes the status of integration with the Premvet 5 files reporting on:

Work waiting to be integrated
When integration last took place
The status of the last communications attempt.
If there are any unprocessed UUCP.123 files needing manual editing.

Tip: Add xshow to a function key within Premvet 5 so can get quick access from any screen.

                        Cross Updating Status
                        ===== ======== ======

No work waiting to be processed.

Queued files : 0

Last integration : Sep 7 11:25

Last Communications Attempt:
  ayrdev 07/09 11:40 SUCCESSFUL
   dummy 07/09 11:33 EXECDIAL

Log files needing manual editing:  0

See also the FAQ: How do I edit logfiles