Hi Alex, do you have this text on the F10 key? ;-))) best regards - Marcello. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Johnson, Alex [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 20. März 2001 16:50 > An: Foxboro DCS Mail List > Betreff: RE: crontab issues and other useful information > > Re: omset should never be used for application purposes > > One should generally use /opt/fox/bin/tools/omsetimp instead of omset. > > The caveat with it is that it eliminates broadcasts by placing the > compound > name and the corresponding address in the IMPORT table. > > The IMPORT table is 100 entries by default and it can be filled. > > The IMPORT table usage can be monitored by using 'show_params'. > > The size of the IMPORT table can be increased by following the procedure > described either of the following manuals: > > * B0193MJ - 50 Series Configurable Operating System and > * B0193ND - System Administration Guide for 50 Series Systems (Solaris > 2.X) > > > > Regards, > > > Alex Johnson > 10707 Haddington > Houston, TX 77043 > 713.722.2859 (office) > 713.722.2700 (switchboard) > 713.932.0222 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sieling, Marcel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 6:50 AM > To: 'Foxboro DCS Mail List' > Subject: crontab issues and other useful information > > Hi, > > >I reset accumulators as follows by adding the following > >line to the the scheduler cron table > > 1 6 * * * /opt/fox/bin/tools/omset -v -b T > <COMPUND_NAME>:<ACCUM_NAME>.RESET > >You will need to write an application to clean up the cron > >logs periodically to conserve disk space. > > Let me make two notes on this statements: > > 1.) omset should never be used for application purposes, if it can > be > avoided. The use of omset (omcrt, omdel, omfnd, omget etc.) produces > Broadcast Messages on the Nodebus, which can very easily overload > the > system, especially in large systems, because Broadcasts are sent to > all > stations. > > 2.) The cron logs can be kept from growing if output is sent to some > device > or file or /dev/null in the crontab. Of course then you can't look > at them > anymore to investigate in case of problems. But often this is a nice > solution for every days work and only in case of problems you change > the > redirection to a file. Since cron is running the cron jobs in a > bourne > shell, the appropriate statement would look like this: > > > 1 6 * * * /opt/fox/bin/tools/omset -v -b T > <COMPUND_NAME>:<ACCUM_NAME>.RESET >/dev/null 2>&1 & > > In case you want to see only errors and not the regular messages try > this: > > > 1 6 * * * /opt/fox/bin/tools/omset -v -b T > <COMPUND_NAME>:<ACCUM_NAME>.RESET >/dev/null > 2>/usr/tmp/my_phantastic_logfile & > > > > BTW: Did you know, where the dust in long used computers is coming > from? > > Well, it's pretty simple and obvious: All data being sent to > /dev/null ist > being transformed into thermal energy, because it can not disappear > from the > world without being transformed to something else. Now (as every > physics > student knows) thermal energy corresponds to mass with the famous > equation > E=mc^2 from Albert Einstein. So all the thermal energy is > transformed to > mass and that's where the dust in computers comes from. ;-)) > > Now you know. ;-) > > PS: Don't tell my boss I'm wasting time writing such emails. ;-)) > > best regards - > > Marcel Sieling > Systems Technologies > > FOXBORO Deutschland GmbH > Heerdter Lohweg 53 - 55 > 40549 Duesseldorf > Tel.: +49 (0)211 5966-171 > Fax: +49 (0)211 5966-104 > Mobile: +49 (0)172 2673077 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.foxboro-deutschland.de > Private Home: http://www.powerslider.de > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Freddy Why [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet am: Freitag, 16. März 2001 10:36 > > An: Foxboro DCS Mail List > > Betreff: RE: Accumulator Block > > > > Loyd, > > > > I reset accumulators as follows by adding the > following > > line to the the scheduler cron table > > 1 6 * * * /opt/fox/bin/tools/omset -v -b T > > <COMPUND_NAME>:<ACCUM_NAME>.RESET > > You will need to write an application to clean up > the cron > > logs periodically to conserve disk space. > > The above works for 50 series server , for 20 series > the > > application 'omset' is in directory /usr/fox/bin/tools > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Freddy Why > > > > AFH Devers - Engineering Services South Africa > > A division of Protea Data Systems > > > > > > Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Website: http://www.protea.co.za > <http://www.protea.co.za> > > > > Telephone Number: > > (+27) (11) 719-5750 (Direct) > > (+27) (11) 719-5700 (Switchboard) > > (+27) (82) 7747845 (Mobile) > > (+27) (11) 887-8757 (Fax) > > > > Address: > > 26 Sixth Street, Wynberg, Sandton > > P.O.Box 707, Bramley, 2018 > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to > > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or > privileged > > material. 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