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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by sl...@apache.org on 2002/11/21 22:06:57 UTC
cvs commit: httpd-2.0/docs/manual logs.xml
slive 2002/11/21 13:06:57
Modified: docs/manual logs.xml
Log:
I never adequately tested these examples when writing logs.xml, and
I've heard from a couple places that these examples don't work very
well.
Revision Changes Path
1.6 +5 -16 httpd-2.0/docs/manual/logs.xml
Index: logs.xml
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@@ -474,22 +474,6 @@
that piped log programs usually run as root. It is therefore
very important to keep the programs simple and secure.</p>
- <p>Some simple examples using piped logs:</p>
-
- <example>
- # compressed logs<br />
- CustomLog "|/usr/bin/gzip -c >>
- /var/log/access_log.gz" common<br />
- # almost-real-time name resolution<br />
- CustomLog "|/usr/local/apache/bin/logresolve >>
- /var/log/access_log" common
- </example>
-
- <p>Notice that quotes are used to enclose the entire command
- that will be called for the pipe. Although these examples are
- for the access log, the same technique can be used for the
- error log.</p>
-
<p>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 <a
@@ -502,6 +486,11 @@
/var/log/access_log 86400" common
</example>
+ <p>Notice that quotes are used to enclose the entire command
+ that will be called for the pipe. Although these examples are
+ for the access log, the same technique can be used for the
+ error log.</p>
+
<p>A similar, but much more flexible log rotation program
called <a href="http://www.cronolog.org/">cronolog</a>
is available at an external site.</p>