Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:10963 comp.unix.wizards:13909 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!haven!h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!fuhrman@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu From: fuhrman@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Cris Fuhrman,G-40B ESB,293-2190,599-1202) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Accounting woes for HCX/UX 3.0 Message-ID: <217@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> Date: 6 Jan 89 21:37:14 GMT References: <1356@mtunb.ATT.COM> Sender: news@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu Lines: 35 From article <1356@mtunb.ATT.COM>, by jcm@mtunb.ATT.COM (was-John McMillan): > > Those data are REPORTED in 'comp_t' form. This is NOT a SHORT: > typedef ushort comp_t; /* "floating point" */ > /* 13-bit fraction, 3-bit exponent */ > Notice: it is NOT EVEN SIGNED. (Would you let your sibling marry > a NEGATIVE non-signed value?) > > If you really think the system does this to save FLOATING POINT arithmetic, > I've a coupla bridges for ya ;-}. However, if you're interested in > minimizing the size of accounting records, particularly dating back to > those halcyon days when a 50 MB disk was often the sole large disk.... > Is it possible then, that the report code is not using the correct data type? Or is it that the actual accounting records are overflowing. What I'm trying to say is, can I get any useful info at all from accounting, or is it just a waste of cpu time? Ok... Like I said, I'm new to unix. I just graduated with a bs in cs, and I had heard a lot of hype about unix from fellow computer scientists. Is it likely that people developing the new versions will realize that 50 MB sole disks are a thing of the past, and that machines are much faster and more capable to do things (accounting is an important thing) in a reasonable fashion? I can see the hype losing it's flair. It's 1989. (* flame retardant pajamas being donned *) -Cris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cris Fuhrman | manager@a.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (129.71.12.1) | | Comp Sys Manager | un020312@wvnvms.bitnet | | G-40B Eng Science Bldg. | "Just say NO to commercial file x-fers." | | WVU Morgantown, WV | - Kermit the Frog |