Input Log Window

All files that enter the AFD, before the AMG does anything with them, get logged in the input log files ($AFD_WORK_DIR/log/INPUT_LOG.?). These log files can be viewed with the help of show_ilog. Since the input log can be very extensive, there are lots of possibility to reduce the search time by filling in some of the following values:

1	Enter the start and end time of the search. If no value is entered it will always take the earliest or latest entries it finds. There are two time forms. One is the absolute and the other is the relative time format. The following absolute forms are possible: MMDDhhmm, DDhhmm and hhmm (MM = month [01-12], DD = day [01-31], hh = hour [00 - 23], mm = minute [00 - 59]). The relative form always starts with a hyphen '-' and has the following format: -DDhhmm, -hhmm or -mm.
2	When set the input log will be shown continuously, ie. if new entries come they will be shown live as they come in.
3	Shows the current date and time in the following format: DD.MM.YYYY hh:mm
4	Enter a file name. The name may have any number of the two following wild cards: * and ?. If no file name or wild card is entered it will always search for all file names. Multiple file names/patterns can be entered by separating them with a pipe (\|).
5	Here it is possible to enter the length/size of a file. If a < or a > sign is put before the size value, it will search for files less then or greater then the given size.
6	The source directory where the AFD has picked up the file. Even here it is possible to enter wild cards. Sometimes it can be easier if you just enter the directory ID. However this must have a leading # for it to be detected as directory ID. One can also enter the directory alias with a leading @ sign. Multiple directory names and/or ID's can be entered by separating them with a comma (,).
7	Here you can enter a host name and only files that where retrieved or are to be send to this host will be shown. It is also possible to enter more then one host, by separating the hosts with a comma (,). Wild cards can also be used. You may also add the user name to the host, but this must be put first and separated with a @, eg user@hostname.
8	These toggle buttons allow the user to toggle between different length of the file name in the list box. The short one is useful when printing on A4 paper.

It is not necessary to fill in any values, however then the search might take a very long time for it to finish, depending on how long and how many log files there are. While the dialog is searching for data, the function of the search button changes into a stop button, enabling the user to interrupt the search. This button and the slider of the list widget are the only buttons that are active during a search. Thus, the user can search in the list widget by using the slider, while the dialog is still searching. Once a search is interrupted, the search will always start from the beginning.

Here follows a short description of the list widgets and the meaning of each item:

Date	The date in the following format: MM.DD. where MM is the month (01-12) and DD is the day of the month (01-31).
Time	The time in the following format: hh:mm:ss where hh is the hour (00-23), mm is the minute (00-59) and ss is the second (00-59).
File name	The file name as it was distributed.
File size	The size of the distributed file in bytes.

When the file name is longer then it is shown in the list widget it is still possible to view it by using the 'AFD info click'. This is done by pressing the right mouse button while the cursor is over the wanted item in the list widget. The following window will pop up:

As shown, this window also shows what the entry in the DIR_CONFIG looked like when this file was send. Thus it is always possible for the AFD system administrator to see with what options the files are distributed, regardless how many changes there where in the DIR_CONFIG file.

Right under the list widget is a summary line which looks as follows:

1	The time in days from the first entry found to the last entry in the list.
2	The rest time in hours, minutes and seconds.
3	The total number of files found.
4	The average number of files transmitted. This is calculated from the values found in 1, 2 and 3.
5	Total number of bytes transferred.

Under the summary line follows a status line showing the current status, here how long it took for the search:

At the bottom is a line with three buttons which have the following meaning:

Search	Pressing this button will start the search. During the search the name of the button will change to Stop. Pressing this will interrupt the search and the button will be renamed to Search again. Pressing search again will start the search from the beginning and not where it was when it was interrupted.
Print	This will popup another dialog which can be used to print what is shown to a separate file, send it in a mail to someone or print it to a printer. The Range field allows to specify what will be printed, either what has been selected or everything.
Close	Closes this dialog.

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