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NAME
splitlog - split WWW server (httpd) access logfiles
SYNOPSIS
splitlog [-f configfile] [options...] [--]
[ logfile | + | - ]...
DESCRIPTION
splitlog reads a sequence of httpd common logfile format (CLF) access_log files and/or the standard input
and splits the logfile entries into separate files according to the entry's requested URL or virtual host
prefix.
splitlog is intended to be run periodically by the webmaster as a means for providing individual logfiles
for each of the customers of a server, since it is less efficient for the server itself to generate
multiple logfiles. splitlog does not make any changes to the input file and can be configured to write
the split files in any directory. By default, a cached DNS lookup is performed on any IP addresses which
are unresolved in the input file. The log entries can also be anonymized if there are concerns about the
requesting clients' privacy.
splitlog is a perl script, which means you need to have a perl interpreter to run the program. It has
been tested with perl versions 4.036 and 5.002.
OPTIONS
Configuration Options
These options define how splitlog should establish defaults and interpret the command-line.
-f filename
Get the configuration defaults from the given file. If used, this must be the first argument on
the command-line, since it needs to be interpreted before the other command options. The file
splitlog.rc is included with the distribution as an example of this file; it contains perl source
code which directly sets the control and display options provided by splitlog and contains a
function for altering the split logfile name-selection algorithm. If filename is not a pathname,
the include path (see FILES) is searched for filename. An empty string as filename will disable
this feature. [-f "splitlog.rc"]
-- Last option (the remaining arguments are treated as input files).
Diagnostic Options
These options provide information about splitlog usage or about some unusual aspects of the logfile(s)
being processed.
-h Help - display usage information to STDERR and then exit.
-e Display to STDERR all invalid log entries. Invalid log entries can occur if the server is
miswriting or overwriting its own log, if the request is made by a broken client or proxy, or if a
malicious attacker is trying to gain privileged access to your system.
Process Options
These options modify how and where logfile entries are written.
-x Discard any logfile entries without a filename key instead of placing them in a special
OTHERS.log.
-v Use a prefix of the input file entries (ended by the first ":" or space) for selecting the output
filename instead of, or in addition to, the URL path. The most likely use for such a prefix is
for the requested virtual host.
-dir directory
Place the output logfiles in the given directory instead of the current working directory.
-anon imu
Anonymize the logfile entries before writing them to split logs. The value is some combination of
the letters "i" (ident field is removed), "m" (machine name is replaced with ANON or 0), and "u"
(authentication userid field is removed).
-dns
-nodns Do (-dns) or don't (-nodns) use the system's hostname lookup facilities to find the DNS hostname
associated with any unresolved IP addresses. Looking up a DNS name may be very slow, particularly
when the results are negative (no DNS name), which is why a caching capability is included as
well. [-dns]
-cache filename
Use the given DBM database as the read/write persistent DNS cache (the .dir and .pag extensions
are appended automatically). Cached entries (including negative results) are removed after the
time configured for $DNSexpires [two months]. No caching is performed if filename is the empty
string, which may be needed if your system does not support DBM or NDBM functionality. Running
-dns without a persistent cache is not recommended. [-cache "dnscache"]
Search Options
These options are used to include or exclude logfile entries from being output according to whether or
not they match a given pattern. The pattern is supplied in the form of a perl regular expression, except
that the characters "+" and "." are escaped automatically unless the -noescape option is given. Enclose
the pattern in single-quotes to prevent the command shell from interpreting some special characters.
Multiple occurrences of the same option results in an OR-ing of the regular expressions.
-a regexp
-A regexp
Include (-a) or exclude (-A) all requests containing a hostname/IP address matching the given perl
regular expression.
-c regexp
-C regexp
Include (-c) or exclude (-C) all requests resulting in an HTTP status code matching the given perl
regular expression.
-d regexp
-D regexp
Include (-d) or exclude (-D) all requests occurring on a date (e.g., "Feb 02 1994") matching the
given perl regular expression.
-t regexp
-T regexp
Include (-t) or exclude (-T) all requests occurring during the hour (e.g., "23" is 11pm - 12pm)
matching the given perl regular expression.
-m regexp
-M regexp
Include (-m) or exclude (-M) all requests using an HTTP method (e.g., "HEAD") matching the given
perl regular expression.
-n regexp
-N regexp
Include (-n) or exclude (-N) all requests on a URL (archive name) matching the given perl regular
expression.
-noescape
Do not escape the special characters ("+" and ".") in the remaining search options.
INPUT
After parsing the options, the remaining arguments on the command-line are treated as input arguments and
are read in the order given. If no input arguments are given, the configured default logfile is read
[+].
- Read from standard input (STDIN).
+ Read the default logfile. [as configured]
logfile...
Read the given logfile. If the logfile's extension indicates that is is compressed (gz|z|Z), then
pipe it through the configured decompression program [gunzip -c] first.
USAGE
In most cases, splitlog is run on a periodic basis by a wrapper program as a crontab entry shortly after
midnight, typically in conjunction with rotating the current logfile. The -D today option can be used to
split the main logfile on a daily basis without rotation.
All of the command-line options, and a few options that are not available from the command-line, can be
changed within the user configuration file (see splitlog.rc). This file is actually a perl library
module which is executed as part of the program's initialization. The example provided with the
distribution includes complete documentation on what variables can be set and their range of values. If
the default algorithm for selecting the split logfile name isn't desired, or if some set of names should
be combined into a single file, then uncomment the user_path_map() function and define your own name-
selection algorithm.
The wwwstat program can be used to analyze the resulting logfiles. See wwwstat for a description of the
common logfile format.
Perl Regular Expressions
The Search Options and many of the configuration file settings allow for full use of perl regular
expressions (with the exception that the -a, -A, -n and -N options treat '+' and '.' characters as
normal alphabetic characters unless they are preceded by the -noescape option). Most people only need to
know the following special characters:
^ at start of pattern, means "starts with pattern".
$ at end of pattern, means "ends with pattern".
(...) groups pattern elements as a single element.
? matches preceding element zero or one times.
* matches preceding element zero or more times.
+ matches preceding element one or more times.
. matches any single character.
[...] denotes a class of characters to match. [^...] negates the class. Inside a class, '-' indicates
a range of characters.
(A|B|C) matches if A or B or C matches.
Depending on your command shell, some special characters may need to be escaped on the command line or
enclosed in single-quotes to avoid shell interpretation.
ENVIRONMENT
HOME Location of user's home directory, placed on INC path.
LOGDIR Used instead of HOME if latter is undefined.
PERLLIB A colon-separated list of directories in which to look for the user configuration file.
FILES
Unless a pathname is supplied, the configuration file is obtained from the current directory, the user's
home directory (HOME or LOGDIR), the standard library path (PERLLIB), and the directory indicated by the
command pathname (in that order).
splitlog.rc User configuration file.
dnscache.dir
dnscache.pag DBM files for persistent DNS cache.
SEE ALSO
crontab(1), httpd(1m), perl(1), wwwstat(1) More info and the latest version of splitlog can be obtained from http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/ ftp://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/ If you have any suggestions, bug reports, fixes, or enhancements, please join the <wwwstat- users@ics.uci.edu> mailing list by sending e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject of the message to the request address <wwwstat-users-request@ics.uci.edu>. The list is archived at the above address. More About Perl The Perl Language Home Page http://www.perl.com/perl/index.html Johan Vromans' Perl Reference Guide http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvromans/perlref.html
AUTHOR
Roy Fielding (fielding@ics.uci.edu), University of California, Irvine. Please do not send questions or requests to the author, since the number of requests has long since overwhelmed his ability to reply, and all future support will be through the mailing list (see above). This work has been sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under Grant Numbers MDA972-91-J-1010 and F30602-94-C-0218. This software does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Government and no official endorsement should be inferred. 03 November 1996 splitlog(1)