> BTW if you try to read that logfile, you will notice > that it is not a text file.
Is there a way to look at it? I assume it contains some sort of logging. If so what is the best use for it? Raf. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) usr/lib/sa/sa1? What's that? > At 09:45 AM 10/25/02, you wrote: > >Good day all, > > > >I noticed a '/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1' entry on my cron log file. I looked a the > >man pages for sa1 and it went-over-my-head. "Collect and store binary data > >in the system activity daily data file" it says. I know it's running every > >10 minutes. > > It's a file that contains system processing accounting. When you install > System Accounting, it adds a cron job that checks the logfiles for > interesting things.... BTW if you try to read that logfile, you will notice > that it is not a text file. > > regards, > -- > Mark Lane > Hard Data Ltd. > mailto:mark@;harddata.com > > Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 > FAX: 01-780-456-9772 > > 11060 - 166 Avenue > Edmonton, AB, Canada > T5X 1Y3 > > http://www.harddata.com/ > --> Ask me about our Affordable Alpha Systems! <-- > > > > >
