I was doing some experimentation and after reading the analog docs more carefully, I realized that my syntax was wrong and I interchanged the '+' and '-' in my G and g switches in the original command in the previous emails.
It seems that I can run analog with an absolute path to a different config file with the command: /usr/local/analog-6.03/analog -G +g/usr/local/analog-6.0.3/lib_analog_config/ob_analog.cfg I verified this by executing it at different places within the directory tree. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Richard Hamilton > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:02 PM > To: Support for analog web log analyzer > Subject: Re: [analog-help] Alternate config files > > Brian, > > Just to avoid future confusion, what you have done there is > actually to specify a relative path not an absolute path. You > have launched analog from the analog-6.03 directory (thereby > making it the present working > directory) and have then specified lib_analog_config as the > directory containing your config files, which is an immediate > descendent of analog-6.03. > > The omission of the leading '/' is exactly what makes this a > 'relative path'. > > R. > > > Brian Clanton wrote: > > AH!! > > > > Found my error. > > > > When I right crontabs I try to include absolute paths whenever > > possible. It seems that I can invoke analog with an absolute path, > > but from the > > analog6.03 directory, I need to omit the "/" after the "-g" > switch. > > This is the command that works when I want to change config > files and > > want an absolute path declared for the analog executable: > > > > (The "glib" is not the gnu lib but -g and the directory > "lib_analog_config" > > > > /usr/local/analog-6.03/analog +G -glib_analog_config/ob_analog.cfg > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > >> Hamilton > >> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 3:19 PM > >> To: Support for analog web log analyzer > >> Subject: Re: [analog-help] Alternate config files > >> > >> > >> Brian, > >> > >> "If the name of a configuration file given in a CONFIGFILE command > >> doesn't include a directory, it will be looked for wherever analog > >> expects to find its configuration files. > >> (This location is a compile-time option.) For example, in > the Windows > >> version it would be in the same folder as the analog > executable. This > >> applies to the default and mandatory configuration files > as well. But > >> configuration files given with +g (***are relative to the current > >> directory at the time you run the program***). " > >> > >> Perhaps absolute paths are therefore not supported? > Assuming you are > >> in Linux I suggest you try using the dot dot notation for > the parent > >> directory. For example: > >> > >> analog +G -g../lib_analog_config/alt_config.cfg > >> > >> assuming you have run the executable from > >> /usr/local/analog-6.03/lib_analog_config/ > >> > >> If you run it from ./analog-6.03/ > >> > >> on the other hand then you would only need to use > >> -g/lib_analog_config/alt_config.cfg > >> > >> Regards > >> Richard > >> > >> Brian Clanton wrote: > >> > >>> I have an alternate config files that I want analog to use. > >>> > >>> > >>> analog +G -galt_config.cfg > >>> > >>> However, I have multiple config files, so to keep it > >>> > >> organized, I have > >> > >>> a specific directory for them: > >>> > >>> /usr/local/analog-6.03/lib_analog_config > >>> > >>> I've tried using the directory path in the statement that > >>> > >> provides the > >> > >>> location of the config file, but it doesn't seem to work properly: > >>> > >>> analog +G > -g/usr/local/analog-6.03/lib_analog_config/alt_config.cfg > >>> > >>> > >>> What is the correct syntax to use to specify alternate > >>> > >> config files in > >> > >>> other directories? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> +- > >> > >>> +--- > >>> | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > >>> | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help > >>> | > >>> | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html List > >>> | archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > >>> | Usenet version: > >>> > >> news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > >> > >> > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> +- > >> > >>> +--- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> +------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ---------- > >> +- > >> | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > >> | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help > >> | > >> | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html List > >> | archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > >> | Usenet version: > >> | news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > >> +------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ---------- > >> +- > >> > >> > > > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > +--- > > | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > > | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help > > | > > | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html List > > | archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > > | Usenet version: > news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > +--- > > > > > > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > +- > | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: > | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help > | > | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html List > | archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives > | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > +- > +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.meer.net/mailman/listinfo/analog-help | | Analog Documentation: http://analog.cx/docs/Readme.html | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general +------------------------------------------------------------------------
