--- Log file timing
 
"... retrieves and prints those log file every Monday morning ...". I
think this simple solution cannot work, in spite of exact timing.
Consider the following excerpt from a FILELIST of "weekly" logs:
 
  HP3000-L LOG9409A   ALL OWN V     111  4302 94/09/07 23:18:35
Started on Wed, 31 Aug 1994 18:47:00 GMT
  HP3000-L LOG9409B   ALL OWN V     497  4329 94/09/14 23:12:05
Started on Thu, 8 Sep 1994 03:49:52 GMT
  HP3000-L LOG9409C   ALL OWN V     145  3552 94/09/21 21:13:50
Started on Thu, 15 Sep 1994 11:58:45 GMT
  HP3000-L LOG9409D   ALL OWN V      80  1414 94/09/27 10:53:30
Started on Thu, 22 Sep 1994 08:39:48 EDT
 
From which I gather (anybody correct me, please) that ListServ defines
"week" as a period of no more than seven days, ending not later than
midnight of day 7, 14 &c (no relationship with calendar week):
fundamentally, a way to split huge logs in smaller parts. I don't
know if a list owner has control on this.
 
But it would be independent from log splitting to provide the teacher
with a simple job for searching and printing (SEARCH * IN ... SINCE ...
UNTIL ...): and more correct for timing, since database searches use
date and time messages were sent (irrespective of actual reception and
log switching).
 
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