That's cool, I don't remember that being around back when I was still using Apache.
Looks like this will do exactly what you want. > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Apache Logs > > It's on a windows machine. > > Found this at Apache: > > ---------------------- > Piped Logs > > Apache httpd is capable of writing error and access log files through a > pipe to another process, rather than directly to a file. This capability > dramatically increases the flexibility of logging, without adding code > to the main server. In order to write logs to a pipe, simply replace the > filename with the pipe character "|", followed by the name of the > executable which should accept log entries on its standard input. Apache > will start the piped-log process when the server starts, and will > restart it if it crashes while the server is running. (This last feature > is why we can refer to this technique as "reliable piped logging".) > > Piped log processes are spawned by the parent Apache httpd process, and > inherit the userid of that process. This means that piped log programs > usually run as root. It is therefore very important to keep the programs > simple and secure. > > One important use of piped logs is to allow log rotation without having > to restart the server. The Apache HTTP Server includes a simple program > called rotatelogs for this purpose. For example, to rotate the logs > every 24 hours, you can use: > > CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache/bin/rotatelogs /var/log/access_log > 86400" common > > A similar, but much more flexible log rotation program called cronolog > is available at an external site. > > As with conditional logging, piped logs are a very powerful tool, but > they should not be used where a simpler solution like off-line > post-processing is available. > ---------------------- > > > Can someone explain that to me in laymen's terms? Will it create a log > for every day? > > > Thanks!!!! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202127 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
