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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 5 Jul 1998 10:42:36 -0400370_us-ascii Thus it was written in the epistle of Lars Appel, > At 08:17 02.07.98 -0700, Brian wrote: > >>[The Powers That Be are of the opinion that the 3000 will be gone in 18 > >>months: 4 years minimum is my estimate.] > > Maybe they don't know that they might end up using the Atmarian calendar? > > ;-) Lars [...]40_5Jul199810:42: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Wed, 1 Jul 1998 09:06:23 -0400 |
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Jeff,
I would certainly agree with John's observation regarding the line wrap. We
have many systems with 30 to 60 drives and it would make an already lengthy
list harder to read.
I like Joshua's idea of reducing the Status field to an abbreviation (Why is
the word 'abbreviation' so long?) to free up some columns.
I would also very much like to endorse the idea of a device info (DINFO) call
to return information. I think in general that when one parses output from a
command they have to expect that it is potentially subject to change. We have
a number of scripts which parse DTSAT but I am more than glad to change them in
order that DSTAT always provide valuable data. Truncating characters minimizes
the value of the data.
Best,
Carl
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-----Original Message-----
From: Non-HP-JohnZoltak /HP-USA,[log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 8:38 AM
To: Non-HP-HP3000-L /HP-USA,[log in to unmask]
Cc: Non-HP-JohnZoltak /HP-USA,[log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Need to change DSTAT output
Jeff,
I would opt for #4. Its nice to see the full model number, maybe in a
format=detail. But I sure don't want to have the volume set name wrap on
the screen. When you have more than one drive listed it sure makes a
mess.
John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co
> We could:
> 1) just show the first 9 bytes of the model and thus not change the
> starting column for the 'volume' and 'volume set-gen' fields.
>
> 2) reserving 24 bytes, but that seems excessive and would look like:
>
> LDEV-TYPE STATUS VOLUME (VOLUME SET - GEN)
> ---------- -------- --------------------------
> 12345-C23456789 MASTER
> MEMBER1xxxxxxxxx(MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_
> SET-0)
>
> [above line wraps around on my 80 byte width screen]
>
> 3) if the model number is <= 9 bytes show it as is. If it is > 9
> bytes
> display the first 8 bytes with a '$' in the 9th byte to indicate
> truncation.
>
> 4) apply rule 3) but make the field width 12 bytes rather than 9.
> This
> would look like:
>
> LDEV-TYPE STATUS VOLUME (VOLUME SET - GEN)
> ---------- -------- --------------------------
> 12345-C23456789 MASTER MEMBER1
> (MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET-0)
>
>
> Comments?
>
> Jeff Vance, CSY
>
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