Dear Aengus, > > Is it possible to apply different DNS commands to different LOGFILEs? > > I rotate my logs on a monthly basis and when they're rotated Apache's > > logresolve is used to resolve numerical IP addresses. Analog is used > > to produce reports on the rotated logs (that have already been parsed > > with logresolve) and the current log (which just has numerical IP > > addresses). I'd like Analog to run with DNS WRITE for the current log, > > but with DNS NONE for the rotated logs (since the only numerical IP > > addresses they contain are ones that won't resolve to a name). > > > > Is there any way of doing what I want? > > I don't think you can do this directly in Analog, but even if there was a > way, you might find it unsatisfactory, because Analog is quite slow at > resolving DNS entries. You would be far better off using one of the DNS > helpers listed at http://analog.cx/helpers/index.html#dns to create a DNS > file for the unresolved log file and just use DNS READ. Thanks very much - I hadn't thought of that. I've always let Analog do my DNS lookups. Care to recommend one of the DNS helpers? I'll be running it under UNIX. Cheers, Ian -- Dr Ian Sealy Internet Development Institute for Learning and Research Technology University of Bristol +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
