On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Kevin Hemenway wrote:

> Good day, again.
> 
> Due to server changes and a bad logrotate.conf, my log files were NOT 
> correctly rotated on the seven day mark, as is typical. After the 7 day 
> mark, analog 5.03 analyzes the rotated files, makes caches, and then 
> analyzes the caches to create a "totals" report.
> 
> Because of the bad conf file, I had to manually run the rotate command 
> today, creating a 9 day cycle. Running analog on the 9 day logs went pretty 
> much without a hitch, except for errors concerning "seven-day-statistics" 
> not being found within the 9 day cache file, and how "under-reporting" 
> (exact phrase forgotten, unfortunately) could occur.
> 
> Here's my question:
> 
>   - will this "fix" itself when the logs are rotated the next
>     time (making a shorter week - only five days)?
> 
> Is there anything else I should be worried about?
> Is my "totals" report mussed up for all eternity?

7-day statistics are never recorded in the cache files (see docs/cache.html 
for the boring explanation). That's not a problem. It only ever records the 
totals, and they should still be fine whatever period you turn into a cache
file.

-- 
Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/
"This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01

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