Thanks, but I'm not going to learn PERL to get a Cocoon app going, even if PERL is a better text parser. Is there a generator that can parse the log files at this time? Bert
At 10:36 26/02/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Bert Van Kets wrote: >>With all the tools that are built into cocoon lately, is it possible to >>generate XML from web server log files? I'd like to parse log files from >>Apache and IIS. >>How would I do this? >>Bert > > >Personally, I find that PERL is the language of choice for log munging. >You are going to find that it is the most efficient language for the >job. > >Here is what you will discover: > >1) Apache/IIS logs get really long really quickly. >2) It will take approx. 30-120 seconds to process a long log file >3) It should only be done periodically (i.e. chron job). This may open > security holes so be careful. Some gray hats I know strongly advise > against using the Chron daemon--discuss with the admin of the > machine. > >I assisted a friend of mine with a perl program to munge the logs from >Squid to see where students were trying to go on the web. The reports >were broken down into 1 month periods. He had one script to break the >log file apart based on a begin and end date. Another to do the actual >munging. > >The logs were used to find any inapropriate sites that the proxy wasn't >already blocking. It's amazing how popular Britney Spears is with >teenagers. It also narrowed down the proxy request to the machine >making it. That way the teachers were able to help kids with certain >"problems". (Considering it was a church educating the students it was >entirely appropriate--no comments from bleeding heart liberals please). > >Hope this helps. > >-- > >"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
