Files Reference

xferstats File for BNU

Purpose

Contains information about the status of file transfer requests.

Description

The /var/spool/uucp/.Admin/xferstats file contains information about the status of each Basic Networking Utilities (BNU) file transfer request. The xferstats file contains:

System name
Name of the user requesting the transfer
Date and time of the transfer
Name of the device used in the transfer
Size of the transferred file
Length of time the transfer took

Examples

Following is a typical entry in the xferstats file:

zeus!jim M (10/11-16:10:33) (C,9234,1) [-] -> 1167 / 0.100secs

A file was transferred by user jim to system zeus at 4:10 p.m. on the 11th of October. The file size was 1167 bytes and the transfer took 0.100 seconds to complete.

Implementation Specifics

This file is part of the Basic Networking Utilities Program (BNU) in BOS Extensions 1.

Files

/var/spool/uucp/.Admin directory

Contains the xferstats file and other BNU administrative files.

Related Information

The uucp command, uudemon.cleanu command, uux command.

The cron daemon, uucico daemon, uuxqt daemon.

Understanding the BNU File and Directory Structure and Maintaining BNU in AIX 5L Version 5.1 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks.