A handy script to report on inactive (dead) networked sub-boards (echoes).

exec/deadechoes.js

+var t = time();
+var sub;
+for(sub in msg_area.sub) {
+	printf("%20s: ", sub);
+	var msgbase = MsgBase(sub);
+	if(!msgbase.open()) {
+		alert(msgbase.last_error);
+		continue;
+	}
+	if(!msgbase.total_msgs) {
+		alert("No messages");
+		msgbase.close();
+		continue;
+	}
+	var idx = msgbase.get_msg_index(/* by offset: */true, msgbase.total_msgs-1, /* include_votes: */true);
+	if(idx == null) {
+		alert("Can't read index of last message");
+		continue;
+	}
+	var diff = t - idx.time;
+	var days = diff / (60*60*24);
+	if(days > 360)
+		print(format("Inactive (%-5u days): %s", days, msg_area.sub[sub].description));
+	else
+		print("active");
+	msgbase.close();
+}
+		
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