Log files in the .Log and .Old directories

BNU creates individual log files in the /var/spool/uucp/.Log directory.

BNU creates these log files for each accessible remote system, using the uucp, uucico, uux, and uuxqt commands. BNU places status information about each transaction in the appropriate log file each time someone on the system uses BNU. When more than one BNU process is running the system cannot access the log file. Instead, it places the status information in a separate file with a .LOG prefix.

The uulog command displays a summary of uucp or uux requests, by user or by system. The uulog command displays the files. However, you can also have BNU automatically combine the log files into a primary log file. This is called compacting the log files and can be done with the uudemon.cleanu command, usually run by the cron daemon.

The cron daemon runs the uudemon.cleanu command. The uudemon.cleanu command combines the uucico and uuxqt log files on the local system and stores them in the /var/spool/uucp/.Old directory. At the same time, the command removes old log files previously stored in the .Old directory. By default, the uudemon.cleanu command saves log files that are two days old.

If storage space is a problem, consider reducing the number of days that files are kept. To track BNU transactions over a longer period of time, consider increasing the number of days that files are kept. To change the default time for saving log files, modify the shell procedure for the uudemon.cleanu command. This script is stored in the /usr/sbin/uucp directory and can be modified with root authority.