Yeh, I'm asking something about programming... André. could you tell me why some referer pages are displayed as "-", but some are url ? Thanks again and have a good weekend! Paul On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 10:59 AM, André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Li wrote: >> >> Thanks André! >> >> Just one more question: if i want to retrieve from the access log the >> users' visiting history of my web site, what would you suggest? >> > I would suggest to use "webalizer", or any of the similar programs which do > about the same thing. > > Seriously, there you are asking a question that is more about programming > logic than Apache tidbits, and I'm afraid for that you'll have to do some > work yourself. > > But assuming that you committed some crime, and that the task in question is > your punishment, here is an outline : > I would start by selecting a programming language that is good at parsing > lines of text and manipulate them (like perl). > (You could also use awk of course. I have some good friends that use awk > too ;-)) > Then I would split each line into its constituents (caller IP, date/time, > result code, requested URL, .. > Then I would ignore anything that did not result in a code 200 (OK). > Then I would ignore any line that is about URLs ending in .gif, .jpeg, .css, > etc.. (unless they are really significant in your case). > Then I would sort the remainder by caller IP (about the only element you > have that allows to believe that this is one user) and by date/time. > And then I would really get to work, to decide what belongs to one single > visit.. > > I'm sure I am forgetting 90% of the smart things that programs like > webalizer are doing. Not even speaking about presenting the results nicely. > > Anyway, have fun ! > > André > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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