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      Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3
     
    Module mod_log_common
    This module is contained in the mod_log_common.c
    file, and is compiled in by default. It provides for logging of
    the requests made to the server using the Common Logfile
    Format. This module has been replaced by mod_log_config in
    Apache 1.2 
    Log file format
    The log file contains a separate line for each request. A line
    is composed of several tokens separated by spaces: 
    
      host ident authuser date request status bytes
    
    If a token does not have a value then it is represented by a
    hyphen (-). The meanings and values of these tokens are as
    follows: 
    
      - host
- The fully-qualified domain name of the client, or its IP
      number if the name is not available.
- ident
- If IdentityCheck is
      enabled and the client machine runs identd, then this is the
      identity information reported by the client.
- authuser
- If the request was for a password protected document,
      then this is the userid used in the request.
- date
- 
        The date and time of the request, in the following format: 
        
          - 
            
              date = [day/month/year:hour:minute:second
              zone]
 day = 2*digit
 month = 3*letter
 year = 4*digit
 hour = 2*digit
 minute = 2*digit
 second = 2*digit
 zone = (`+' | `-') 4*digit
 
 
- request
- The request line from the client, enclosed in double
      quotes (").
- status
- The three digit status code returned to the client.
- bytes
- The number of bytes in the object returned to the client,
      not including any headers.
Directives
    
    
    
    Syntax: TransferLog
    file-pipe
     Default: TransferLog
    logs/transfer_log
     Context: server config, virtual
    host
     Status: Base
     Module: mod_log_common 
    The TransferLog directive sets the name of the file to which
    the server will log the incoming requests. File-pipe
    is one of
    
      - A filename
- A filename relative to the ServerRoot.
- `|' followed by a command
- A program to receive the agent log information on its
      standard input. Note the a new program will not be started
      for a VirtualHost if it inherits the TransferLog from the
      main server. See, just as an example, cronolog.
Security: if a program is used, then it will
    be run under the user who started httpd. This will be root if
    the server was started by root; be sure that the program is
    secure.Security: See the security tips document
    for details on why your security could be compromised if the
    directory where logfiles are stored is writable by anyone other
    than the user that starts the server.
        
    Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3
     
    