CSTM is a HP-UX tool with which I am familiar. At least when HP upgrades the Unix version we
should see the MPE version very soon after.

Paul

On Wed, 17 May 2000 13:38:24 -0700, Barry Lake wrote:

>At 12:24 PM -0700 5/17/00, I wrote:
>...
>>If you still need information about past logons, and/or don't want to alter
>>your logon UDC to gather information in the future, then the easiest place
>>to look (perhaps the only place) is the system log files. You can read the
>>log files by running sysdiag->logtool...
>
>
>This reminded me that I need to check if any of the log file formats have
>changed in MPE/iX 6.5 (I maintain a log file tool).
>
>To my great surprise, when I run SYSDIAG on 6.5 I see the following:
>
>   :sysdiag
>   *****************************************************************
>   ******                                                     ******
>   ******               ONLINE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM              ******
>   ******
>   ... [ banner snipped ]...
>
>   *****************************************************************
>
>   The On-line Diagnostic System has been replaced with a product
>   called the Support Tools Manager (STM).
>
>   Please enter the "cstm" command to invoke the Command Line Support
>   Tools Manager (STM) user interface. To access the help facility
>   for "cstm", enter "help" at the "cstm>" prompt. The Support Tools
>   Manager also has a Menu based user interface called "mstm".
>
>   :
>
>
><RANT>
>
>So I enter the "cstm" command and start twiddling my thumbs. In the time it
>took just to get me to a prompt where I could attempt to do something
>useful, I could have run the old sysdiag->logtool->types command, gotten my
>results, and exited.
>
>This thing is SLOOOOOOW!
>
>So I look for something remotely resembling the old logtool. Nothing. In
>fact, everything I previously spent my hard-earned hours learning about in
>SYSDIAG is now out the window. It has all been replaced by this wonderful
>(sarcasm intended here) new tool. And as an added bonus, it's really slow,
>too!
>
>As my friends back in Arkansas used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
>
>I've come to expect this kind of kludgy crap in Unix implementations, HP-UX
>included, but why do "they" have to inflict this upon MPE?!? One of the
>beauties of MPE is that so many of its tools are uniquely tailored to the
>platform. Certainly, all the POSIX porting that has been going on in recent
>years has contributed enormously to the platform, but something as
>important as system diagnostics should be left well enough alone.
>
>I want my SYSDIAG back!
>
>For those of you who rely on the SYSDIAG tools, you may wish to think long
>and hard about whether to upgrade to 6.5.
>
></RANT>
>
>
>Well, luckily "they" ran out of time and didn't get any of the log file
>analysis stuff rolled into cstm ("Confusing System Tools Mess"), and
>LOGTOOL now exists as a stand-alone program in PUB.SYS. But beware, it
>could also disappear in a future release.
>
>
>Barry Lake                                 [log in to unmask]
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>