Paul
Thanks for the kind offer. I would very much like a copy.
Peter Hough
DataSave Services

Paul Hilchey wrote:
>
> I have developed a set of routines that undo the ADSM output formatting,
> making it easy to perform queries from programs or scripts.  The routines
> are written in C, and handle both the itemized (format=detailed) and
> tabular formats.  If you are interested, they are yours for the asking.
>
> Paul Hilchey
> The University of British Columbia
>
> Steve Wilson <SteveW AT DIS.WA DOT GOV> writes:
>
> > I was wondering if anybody knows of a way you can change the column widths
> > of the ADSM  output from the command line.
>
> > ADSM will automatically adjust the space in-between the columns for
> > different screen sizes.   However the columns appear to be static.   If the
> > text will not fit into the given area it is hyphenated and continued on the
> > next line.
>
> > I encountered this problem when I automated the daily  event checking
> > routine to mail exception notices to nodes which have not completed
> > successfully the previous night.    Everything works great for node who's
> > name is 13 characters or less.   The problem arises when the node names
> > greater that 13 characters are encountered.   I have a work around for this
> > situation by creating an entry in the mail aliases name file for these
> > shortened node names.  There are other situations where it would be nice to
> > be able to format the output yourself so you don't have to do it manually
> > latter.
>
> > Any help would be appreciated.   Thanks in advance.