Since I'm running for the Board, I thought I should get information on System trends. On November 19, I sent e-mail to "baff" asking if there was an *easy* way to get year-by-year information on such things as number of users, amount of text entered into the conferences, number of items in Agora, and number of e-mails sent and/or received. Since I have not received a reply, can anyone point me in the right direction in this item? Thanks!9 responses total.
I'm sure that information could be gathered manually. To do it efficiently would require an effort by someone with scripting skills and a solid knowledge of Grex's configuration (i.e. where the relevant information is stored). That person would likely be a staff member, whose energies on the system would be more appreciated if directed toward bringing NextGrex online. That being said, if anyone has insight into the best places from which to gather this information, and is willing to share it, there might be others willing to take on the task of scripting the aggregator.
Stop trying to pry into people's privacy, Dave. ;)
Generally, mail sent to a group is answered by the person best able to answer it. Apparently, those who read your message, David, didn't feel competent to answer it. The question was, "Is there an *easy* way to obtain year-by-year info on such things as: . . . " (emphasis original). The only way I can think of to get the number of items entered in agora is to list the files in the /bbs/agora* directories. That list would also indicate the size of the files. The mail logs I've looked at in the past haven't offered counts of messages, sent or received. I've known sysadmins to gather those statistics, but I've never bothered to ask how the statistics were generated. On grex, we gather disk-usage information from /var/spool/mail. I got curious, though, and went poking. Apparently, we do log the number (and loginids) of people who log in each day. Unfortunately, the script we use appears to be *mis*used: it uses "today's date" (date +%h" "%d) but is started at midnight. So of late it generally reports that no one has logged in. I can't tell how long it has been in use, but I'd guess its always gotten just those who log in at exactly midnight. All in all, I'd say the answer to your question is "no." The number of lines in the password file, as of 0300 each day, is recorded in /var/stats/passwd_size. That file begins at 1305, on Sep 23, 1998.
Thanks, Joe! Sometimes it's good to know that a question can't easily be answered...
Actually, I felt competent to answer *part* of what Dave asked in his email, but with being out of town and general forgetfulness, I didn't get a round tuit in a timely manner.
Dave. Would you like the stats on new members versus old members?
Sure, tod.
Can you help us out, Mark?
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