Log to File(1) Manual Page

Input

Stream of records. Packet fields are not supported.

Output

[The tool writes to a disk file]

Logs a record stream to disk files. Log to File splits the data over multiple files to avoid exceeding the maximum file size of the system. The interval at which Log to File will switch files is configurable.

File names are generated as follows: The user choose a base filename, say logfile.ext. The active file always has this name. On file switch the active file is renamed after the pattern logfile_YYYYMMDD_hhmm.ext, where Y designates the current year, M the current month, D the current day (date), h the current hour, and m the current minute.

Name of logfile

This is the base filename of the log files mentioned above.

Switch interval

The period of time the individual files cover.

BLOB Handling

This option specifies how to handle BLOB fields. BLOBs can be saved in a single file or they can be discarded.

Field order

This option determines the order of the fields in the resulting files. Click Change to alter the order.

Format

This option controls in which format the file is saved. Default uses the Fields and Records options (see below) to format the file. You can also choose to format the file in the W3C Common Logfile Format.

Field separator

The string that will be used in the log file to separate the fields. The following special character sequences are supported

<TAB>	A single tabulator.
<SPACE>	A single space.
<CR>	Carriage return.
<LF>	Line feed.

Record seperator

The string that will be used in the log file to separate the records. The special sequences listed under Field Separator are valid.