[thelist] FTP Log Analysis

[Mark Groen]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Wight" <warren at warrenworld.com>
Subject: [thelist] FTP Log Analysis
>
> BUT...They also want to have a way of knowing when a specific file has
been
> downloaded. I am assuming there is a log analysis program to do this
or is
> there a software package that could handle the ftp transfers as well
as
> logging access to each directory..

Yes, you need access to your server logs. I downloaded Analog
http://www.analog.cx over the weekend, and found it to be very good.
Highly configurable once you get your head wrapped around how to create
a LOGFORMAT. It's "default" reports are way more than what you need, but
you can turn on and off practically everything it can generate (that's a
lot). If you can run it on your own server, it is *extremely*
configurable. Make sure you rtfm before asking any questions of the help
lists.

> Any suggestions...I think they are all pc based?

I am running it in: Win98  C:\Programs\analog5.03\ - works great. All I
have to do is download the server log via ftp to the same folder, run
Analog for two seconds, done. And it's free.


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