One of the advantages of the Extended Log format is that it can be
smaller, because it doesn't include redundant information. (The same 10
byes of Date information occur on every single line. It's only 10 bytes
per line, but for compact logs, that might represent 15%-30% of the log
size). It seems to me that it would be reasonable for Analog to assume
that if I choose to leave out the date field, that I did it for a
reason. While it would be nice to have Analog recognize Date changes in
mid stream by recognizing new #Date fields, it would also be perfectly
reasonable to say that you will only handle one date per file, and
require a seperate logfile for each date.
I have 30 Extended Daily Log Files for the month of November. Can I
easily analyze them all at once by specifying a custom LOGFORMAT, or
will I have to create a config file specifying a start date for each
daily log file?
Aengus
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) | Aengus Lawlor
who used to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] | An bhfuil cead agam dul amok?
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re: [analog-help] Extended Log File Errors
Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Internet
Date: 12/3/98 10:00 AM
The problem here is that the date doesn't appear on every line. Analog
requires the date and time (or neither) on every line. If you have one but
not the other it should give you a helpful warning message -- doesn't it?
I know the date's in the header, but the problem is, what if the date
changes during the logfile? A well-behaved server would probably write
the new date, but the extended format draft standard doesn't say anything
about this. One could imagine a server assuming that you can deduce the
new date when the hour flips from 23 to 00.
I have a lot of trouble with extended format. The problem is that the spec
was never finished. There's only an early draft which is much too short.
--
Stephen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Normally: Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, England
Until 12/98: Dept of Math & Stats, 585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada
Microsoft: Where am I allowed to go today?
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this
mailing list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe analog-help" in the main BODY OF THE MESSAGE.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this
mailing list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe analog-help" in the main BODY OF THE MESSAGE.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
