T4$UNIX_COLLECT, Miscellaneous, Tru64 COLLECT data to T4 format. This utility will read a log file created by the Tru64 Unix "collect" utility, which collects system performance information, and convert it to a CSV (comma separated value) text file which is compatible with T4 performance data collection utilities. "collect" is a program that runs on Tru64 Unix systems, collecting data on system performance in a manner analogous to MONITOR /RECORD on an OpenVMS system. There are two sample collect commands contained at the beginning of the program source code, but I highly recommend reading the Tru64 documentation, or at least the man or xman pages for collect. Before processing the data, you must convert it from the binary ".cgz" format to a text file. This is done with the command # collect -p datafile.cgz > collect_log_file The text log file can then be copied to an OpenVMS system for conversion. There isn't a lot of documentation for this program, because it only does one thing. To run it, edit T4$UNIX_COLLECT.CLD so that the IMAGE line points to the location of the executable image (I normally put it in T4$SYS, where most other T4 programs reside), do $ SET COMMAND T4$UNIX_COLLECT to define the command, and then the program is run with: $ T4$UNIX_COLLECT collect_log_file csv_file The resulting CSV file can be read by a variety of programs, including TLViz and CSVPNG: and probably by some spreadsheet and database programs. The program will convert every data item I could manage to turn into a fixed number of columns, as required by the CSV format. There are some areas where users may need to test and / or modify the program. First: it has only been tested on systems with 4 processors, and I don't have a way to test it on a system with some other number of processors. So the logic that extracts CPU data may need to change. Second: it collects individual PID statistics for certain users and certain commands. You may want or need to change this list. It currently isn't automated, it is hard-coded into the program. Someone with more time available than I have now will have to turn it into a more general-purpose program, if that is desired. Bart Z. Lederman