svn commit: r126297 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml

[jo...@apache.org]

Author: jorton
Date: Mon Jan 24 07:57:00 2005
New Revision: 126297

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=126297
Log:
Clarify meaning of %[bB] and note difference from 1.3.

Reviewed by: nd, slive

Modified:
   httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml
Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml?view=diff&rev=126297&p1=httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml&r1=126296&p2=httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml&r2=126297
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml	(original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_config.xml	Mon Jan 24 07:57:00 2005
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@
         <td>Local IP-address</td></tr>
 
     <tr><td><code>%...B</code></td>
-        <td>Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers.</td></tr>
+        <td>Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers.</td></tr>
 
     <tr><td><code>%...b</code></td>
-        <td>Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers. In CLF format, <em>i.e.</em>
+        <td>Size of response in bytes, excluding HTTP headers. In CLF format, <em>i.e.</em>
         a '<code>-</code>' rather than a 0 when no bytes are sent.</td></tr>
 
     <tr><td><code>%...{<var>Foobar</var>}C</code></td>
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@
     rule are <code>"</code> and <code>\</code> which are escaped by prepending
     a backslash, and all whitespace characters which are written in their
     C-style notation (<code>\n</code>, <code>\t</code> etc).</p>
+
+    <p>Note that in httpd 2.0, unlike 1.3, the <code>%b</code> and
+    <code>%B</code> format strings do not represent the number of
+    bytes sent to the client, but simply the size in bytes of the HTTP
+    response (which will differ, for instance, if the connection is
+    aborted, or if SSL is used).  The <code>%O</code> format provided
+    by <module>mod_logio</module> will log the actual number of bytes
+    sent over the network.</p>
 
     <p>Some commonly used log format strings are:</p>