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A bit of Apache help

Postby dillona_aix » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:32 am

Hi all,

I have a file that I must automatically open through wget every hour on my site.
This totally ruins all statistics.
How can I make it so that this file is not included in the access log?

Thanks,
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Postby zoli » Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:47 am

hi,

access log is quite objective and it is hard to affect (except the line format)... but it is more likely to have a possibility to ignore some files during collecting the statistical data - either with external programs (like "grep -vi" for example) or with the stat application itself.
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Postby miker_alpha » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:54 pm

You could either:
1. View your logs through a filter e.g. try
http://www.polarhome.com:763/~miker/seelog.php?flag
(will only show you lines with "flag" in them,) - roll your own to do whatever you want - use a shell script for quick-&-dirty programming

2. Use an analyser (my personal preference is Webalizer) which you can configure to ignore as you see fit.

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Postby dillona_aix » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:24 am

I installed Webalizer.
It's not nearly as good as my hosts analysis tool (I'd imagine its some enterprise one licensed from another company) but it will have to do.
Thanks a bunch, guys.
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More info on WebServer log analysis

Postby miker_alpha » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:33 pm

For a good explanation of what log analysers cannot do, see:
http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/simpleton.html

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