#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;

my $ratio = 1/3; # ratio of deferred messages per minute need to mail 
+warning
my $lines = 300; #number of lines from the syslog to examine

my $day = `date +"%b %d"`; #check only logs for today
$day =~ s/(\s{1})0/$1/; #remove leading 0 from day

my $recipient = "vgsupport\@voicegenie.com"; #who gets the report

my $log = `tail -$lines /var/log/syslog|egrep -i '$day'|egrep -i 'defe
+rred'`; # get report
my @log = split(/\n/,$log); # split report

my $ehour = 0;
my $eminute = 0;
my $shour = 0;
my $sminute = 0;
my $ttime = 0;
my $hostname = `hostname`;
chomp($hostname);

#examine log
$_ = $log[0]; #get time from first log entry
if (m/\s(\d{1,2}):(\d{2}):/) {
        $shour = $1;
        $sminute = $2;
}

$_ = $log[-1]; #get time from last log entry
if (m/\s(\d{1,2}):(\d{2}):/) {
        $ehour = $1;
        $eminute = $2;
}

# how much time does the log represent
$ttime = 60*($ehour-$shour)+ $eminute - $sminute;
if ($ttime == 0) {die ("deferred messages ocurred withing 1 minute of 
+each other\n")};

#create and mail report
if ($#log / $ttime >= $ratio) {

        open(MAIL, "|/usr/ucb/mail -s \"Mail Transfer Agent Warning\" 
+$recipient");
        #note is you use solaris is you have to use /usr/ubc/mail

        print MAIL "\nWarning from $hostname\n";
        print MAIL "$#log messages have been deferred in the past $tti
+me minutes\n";
        print MAIL "Recommend you invesigate this issue.  Syslog sampl
+es below.\n\n";

        foreach my $x (@log) {
                print MAIL "$x\n";
        }

        close(MAIL);
}

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