Duke Hillard
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10/26/04 05:11 PM
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I think I see the problem. Let me offer an experiment. I'm using Solaris 8. Redhat 9 should perform similarly. I go to my Apache document root "/web/docs" and I create a file "file.html" in my doc root. Then I create a symbolic link "pointer.html" to "file.html". Next I visit "http://www.louisiana.edu/file.html";. As I might expect, "/file.html" is listed in my logfile. Next I visit "http://www.louisiana.edu/pointer.html";. Which should appear in my logfile "file.html" or "pointer.html"? Since Apache served "file.html", it adds "file.html" to the log file and not "pointer.html". Likewise, since "/pages/" is a symlink, it won't appear in your Apache logfile. What will appear is the actual path that "/pages/" points to (or symbolizes). There is no way that "/pages/index.html" will be added to your logfile because Apache isn't serving that page. Rather, look for the actual path in your logfile and in the reports that Analog generates. HTH, -- Duke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Thank you for answering my question. The answer confirms that there is a >problem with the numbers that analog is calculating. I will be (hopefully) >more clear this time as I describe my problem because I am sure that there >is an answer. > >I have an old homepage called /homepage.html. There is a redirect in the >apache config that sends people to the new homepage which is called >/pages/index.html. The "pages" part of that link is a symlink on the >filesystem to another location. For whatever reason, "/pages/index.html" >is not appearing in the list of most requested pages but I know that it is >because it is my homepage. > >Every 301/302 should result in a 200 if the redirect is correct and at that >point analog should count it as a successful request. The redirect is >correct because it works on the site and therefore if I have 14,000 >redirects from /homepage.html shouldn't I also see /pages/index.html with >14,000 requests? I see /homepage.html in the list of redirects at the top >but I do not see /pages/index.html in the list of requests at all. > >Any advice is always appreciated. > >Steven > > > > > > > Stephen Turner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Support for analog web log analyzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > er.net> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: [analog-help] problems with symlinks > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ts.meer.net > > > 10/26/04 11:26 AM > Please respond to > Support for analog web > log analyzer > > > > > > >On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>I guess the question that I really need a clear answer to is, if the >>webserver successfully redirects a user to the same server does that mean >>that analog will count 1 status 301 and also 1 status 200? When I want >> >> >to > > >>know the total number of page views do I look at the pages views or page >>views plus redirects? >> >> >> > >I'm still unclear about your setup. Your logfile sample had no redirects >in. >Are you confusing HTTP redirects from the server with file system symlinks? > >But anyway, it doesn't really matter, because the answer is simple. Analog >will count whatever's in the logfile. If there is an HTTP redirect, it will >count one redirect for the 301/302 and one successful request for the 200. > >-- >Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ > "Low Priced Cambridge Clare College. Big selection at eBay UK!" > (Ad after Google search for Clare College Cambridge) > > > (See attached file: dxh0844.vcf) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
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