uutraf.cf - UUCP traffic analyzator configuration file

The uutraf.cf describes the various cost parameters per site. Hash signs introduce comment lines; data lines consists of the following 11 fields:

1.)

remote host name (mandatory),

2.)

provider connection fee per minute (mandatory),

3.)

fee per file (0),

4.)

fee per transferred file-kB (0),

5.)

fee per mail (mandatory),

6.)

fee per transferred mail-kB (mandatory),

7.)

fee per news (0),

8.)

fee per transferred news-kB (0),

9.)

1 if you want to round up each transferred kB up (pessimistic calculation on the ISP's size), or

0 if you want to calculate the cost based on the real aizes (calculation on real traffic).

10.)

telephone company cost per call (mandatory),

11.)

telephone company cost per minute (mandatory).

# uutraf configuration file
#
#        [------------------------provider---------------------] [----ptt---]
# host   c/min f/file f/(f*kB) f/mail f/(m*kB) f/news f/(n*kB) m c/call c/min
#
obastrlx 0.0                   0.0    0.0                        0.10   0.12
luna	 0.0   0.0    0.0                                        0.00   0.00

Note that the local host luna has an entry too (filled with zeroes); this prevents uutraf(1) to issue an warning message about an unknown host. The cost figure is in local currency (eg. Dollars); uutraf(1) assumes that calls are only done during one tariffary period (eg. all low rate calls).

/etc/uucp/uutraf.cf

uutraf(1), uucp(1).

David Frey