Re: [Summary-Talk] Re: log split command

[Webit <webit@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi List

i removed(rm) my access_logaa file and kept the access_log file and ran summary
again and now its only reporting 2 days of stats.  How do i get back 
my hits from oct 2002?


>Thanks I'll OSX command version , how do I unsplit my split access_log file
>
>
>>On 11/22/04 11:51 PM Webit (webit@rogers.com) wrote:
>>
>>>>Thanks I was able to split the log, now I have an access_log
>>>>file(178 mb) and a file named access_logaa(177.9mb)
>>>
>>>when i process the log the stats I get the same truncated at 2gig error.
>>
>>Your log file isn't really larger than 2 Gig at all, so there is no need
>>to split it.
>>
>>I suspect that you are using the Macintosh (console window) version of
>>Summary on OS X and trying to read a log file that is open by the web
>>server. There is a known bug in OS X that prevents Carbon applications
>>from consistently determining where the end of file is on files that are
>>open for writing by other applications, so Summary just keeps on reading
>>the log way past the end. The work around is to either switch to the OSX
>>Command Line version of Summary, or to only process logs which have been
>>rotated (are no longer in use by the web server).
>>
>>Jason
>>
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>>Jason@Summary.Net
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>>example, 'One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish' can be deconstructed
>>as a searing indictment of the narrow-minded binary counting system.
>>   -- Peter van der Linden, Expert C Programming, Deep C Secrets
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