# TRACE=INOUT

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_Added December 2019_

This setting is recommended for all A-Shell sites under all conditions. It generates the messages shown below noting the startup and shutdown of each session.

**A-Shell/Unix/ATSD startup:**

26-Dec-19 09:56:23 \[p103032-0\]<:0> ----------------

26-Dec-19 09:56:23 \[p103032-0\]<:0> A-Shell 6.4.1556.3 launched on pts/37:103032 by fulano

26-Dec-19 09:56:23 \[p103032-0\]<ASTART:0> (ATE client 6.4.1547.7, machine=HDL-WKS-001:01, user=EZapata, ack=0, fg,bg=6,0)

26-Dec-19 09:56:23 \[p103032-0\]<ASTART:0> jcbrebuild #0

26-Dec-19 09:56:23 \[p103032-37\]<ASTART:0> In: Nodes=72/76/173 \[P\], ip=192.168.3.211 0:e0:c5:53:d7:5c, (fulano) inodes: si=0,sm=0 ...



**A-Shell/Windows Startup**

27-Dec-19 09:15:15 \[JACKT450:03-0\]<:0> ----------------

27-Dec-19 09:15:15 \[JACKT450:03-0\]<:0> A-Shell 6.5.1669.0 launched on ZEUS:03 by joaquin (winver:10.0.17134 hwnd:4f0c4a v:1 pid:41016 )

27-Dec-19 09:15:15 \[JACKT450:01-1\]<ASTART:0> In: Nodes=1/2/5 \[L\], ip=10.172.0.10 0:5:9a:3c:7a:0, (joaquin) sip=0, sm=1



**Shutdown:**

26-Dec-19 15:33:00 \[tsk:103032-37\]<MENUC:1a4e5> Out: Nodes Remaining = 63P/65L, 1199717 reads, 28 writes, 87740 kbd bytes



**Notes**

•	The initial "launched on" line indicates the version of A-Shell being launched, the connection device or client machine name, and the user name (either the Unix login name, or the Windows client login name). 

•	In the case of an ATE connection, the next line will show the ATE client version, ATE machine name, the Windows client login name, and a few other minor details.

•	The "jcbrebuild #" messages are normal and simply indicate that the Job Table is being refreshed, with the # indicating the triggering event. 

•	The "In: Nodes=AA/BB/CC \[P\]" line indicates the number of A-Shell nodes calculated after the new session is counted. AA indicates the number of nodes counting against the license; BB is the total number of jobs; CC is the licensed node limit (which applies to AA, not BB). This is followed by \[P\] indicating a "Physical node" (counts against the license limit, i.e. adds to the AA figure) or \[L\] for a "Logical node" (doesn't count; adds to the BB figure). This is followed by the IP and MAC address of the client and the login name on the client machine. The si\{p\} and sm values indicate the number of other sessions originating from the same IP address and client machine, respectively.

•	The "Out:" line indicates the number of remaining physical \[P\] and logical \[L\] nodes in use, along with a few usage indicators for the session.