commit 4a91835db47c59a34dc0724405ffd1c477b9b157 Author: Karsten Loesing <karsten.loesing@gmx.net> Date: Wed Feb 23 15:40:14 2011 +0100 Update timeout script instructions for Squeeze. --- measurements-HOWTO | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/measurements-HOWTO b/measurements-HOWTO index 9c78992..089073f 100644 --- a/measurements-HOWTO +++ b/measurements-HOWTO @@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ Install the timeout tool: $ sudo apt-get install timeout # Lenny $ sudo apt-get install coreutils # Squeeze -Add crontab entries to start the regular requests (line breaks are only -for formatting purposes here): +Add crontab entries to start the regular requests. + +Note that the syntax of the timeout script in Lenny is different from the +one in Squeeze. When in doubt, look up the correct syntax in the man +page. For the timeout script contained in Lenny, the crontab entries +would be as follows (line breaks are only for formatting purposes here): $ crontab -e @@ -134,6 +138,22 @@ $ crontab -e torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9022 /.5mbfile >> ~/torperf/5mb.data 2>/dev/null +For the timeout script in Squeeze, use the following crontab entries (the +only difference is that the first command-line argument is "-s2" instead +of "-2"; again, line breaks for formatting purposes only): + +$ crontab -e + +*/5 * * * * timeout -s2 295 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client + torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9020 /.50kbfile >> ~/torperf/50kb.data + 2>/dev/null +2,32 * * * * timeout -s2 1795 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client + torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9021 /.1mbfile >> ~/torperf/1mb.data + 2>/dev/null +8 * * * * timeout -s2 3595 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client + torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9022 /.5mbfile >> ~/torperf/5mb.data + 2>/dev/null + From now on, the three files 50kb.data, 1mb.data, and 5mb.data should accumulate lines like this (50kb.data shown here; line breaks are only for formatting purposes):