[SLE] Re: Found one Y2K issue in logs

5 Jan 2000


      Van: John Sellens <jsellens@generalconcepts.com>
Aan: <flexfax@sgi.com>
Verzonden: dinsdag 4 januari 2000 16:29
Onderwerp: Re: flexfax: Found one Y2K issue in logs
...
I emptied out my etc/xferlog file which seemed to do the
trick for me ...
| From owner-flexfax-outbound@celestial.com Tue Jan  4 06:48:49 2000
| Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 06:18:18 -0500
| From: Yan Seiner <yan@cardinalengineering.com>
| To: HylaFax list <flexfax@sgi.com>
| Subject: Re: flexfax: Found one Y2K issue in logs
|
| It's been doing that to me since I installed it...
|
| Not a y2k issue - just some funky date/time issue.  I haven't had a
| chance to diagnose it - it's a minor problem in the scope of things here
| today.
|
| --Yan
|
| Steven Cruysberghs wrote:
| >
| > Yes, I noticed the same thing. Is there a solution for this?
| > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
| > Van: Carl Patten <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>
| > Aan: Carl Patten <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>
| > CC: HylaFax list <flexfax@sgi.com>
| > Verzonden: maandag 3 januari 2000 17:44
| > Onderwerp: flexfax: Found one Y2K issue in logs
| >
| > >
| > > The status log that HylaFAX e-mails me every day counted all the faxes
| > I've
| > > ever sent.  That's probably a one-time glitch due to the roll-over.
The following patches to Hylafax scripts in /usr/sbin (or wherever you
have them installed) will fix the problem without resorting to purging
your directories.  I had the same problems, and the changes make reports
normal as before 2000:

--------------------------------cut----------------------------------
*** faxcron	Tue Jan 19 22:41:45 1999
--- /usr/sbin/faxcron	Wed Jan  5 08:56:41 2000
***************
*** 187,191 ****
      split(datetime, a, " ");
      split(a[1], b, "/");
!     t = b[3] b[1] b[2] a[2];
      if (t < LASTt)
          return;
--- 187,195 ----
      split(datetime, a, " ");
      split(a[1], b, "/");
!     if (b[3] < 70)
!       century = "20";
!     else
!       century = "19";
!     t = century b[3] b[1] b[2] a[2];
      if (t < LASTt)
          return;
***************
*** 252,256 ****
                    split(LASTRUN, a, " ");
                    split(a[1], b, "/");
! 		  LASTt = b[3] b[1] b[2] a[2];
                    setupToLower();
                  }
--- 256,264 ----
                    split(LASTRUN, a, " ");
                    split(a[1], b, "/");
!                   if (b[3] < 70)
!                     century = "20";
!                   else
!                     century = "19";
! 		  LASTt = century b[3] b[1] b[2] a[2];
                    setupToLower();
                  }
*** recvstats	Tue Jan 19 22:41:45 1999
--- /usr/sbin/recvstats	Mon Jan  3 13:07:22 2000
***************
*** 158,162 ****
  function cvtDateTime(s)
  {
!     yday = substr(s,7,2)*365 + substr(s,4,2) - 1;
      mon = substr(s,0,2) + 0;
      for (i = 0; i < mon; i++)
--- 158,165 ----
  function cvtDateTime(s)
  {
!     yr = substr(s,7,2);
!     if (yr < 70)
!         yr += 100;
!     yday = yr*365 + substr(s,4,2) - 1;
      mon = substr(s,0,2) + 0;
      for (i = 0; i < mon; i++)
*** xferstats	Tue Jan 19 22:41:44 1999
--- /usr/sbin/xferstats	Mon Jan  3 13:08:49 2000
***************
*** 187,191 ****
  function cvtDateTime(s)
  {
!     yday = substr(s,7,2)*365 + substr(s,4,2) - 1;
      mon = substr(s,0,2) + 0;
      for (i = 0; i < mon; i++)
--- 187,194 ----
  function cvtDateTime(s)
  {
!     yr = substr(s,7,2);
!     if (yr < 70)
!         yr += 100;
!     yday = yr*365 + substr(s,4,2) - 1;
      mon = substr(s,0,2) + 0;
      for (i = 0; i < mon; i++)
--------------------------------cut----------------------------------

Jim Cunning


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