On 15.05.2009 18:18, Christopher Schultz wrote: > Gregor, > > On 5/15/2009 11:59 AM, Gregor Schneider wrote: >> however, in the docs >> (http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/reference/printer/apache.html) >> i can't find what %a and %b mean. > > Read more closely: > > " > The Tomcat Connector module date log format, using an extended strftime > syntax. > " > > Just look at the man page for strftime to find out what all the > %-thingys mean. If you don't have the man page handy, you can read one > online: http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/strftime/ > >> I presume that %a tells me the ip-adress and that %b are the bytes, >> however, i'd really like to read it up somewhere. > > %a is documented to be the "abbreviated weekday name" while %b is > documented to be the "abbreviated month name". > > It's possible that the documentation is wrong and that Apache's log > formatting options are in effect: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_log_config.html#formats > > I would look at your log file relative to the configured log format to > see which one is being used. If the documentation is wrong, please > notify Rainer or Mladen so they can correct it.
Chris is right, strftime plus proprietery %Q and %q is used. The docs should be correct, except for the fact, that obviously not many users of mod_jk will know about strftime(). Don't confuse JkLogStampFormat with JkRequestLogFormat. The first is only for the time stamp formatting, the second adds access log like lines to the jk log. The first ones uses a list of pattern characters similar to strftime (strftime + Q + q), the second one an access log like list of patterns. I generally do not recommend to use JkRequestLogFormat, because you should be better of by using the notes you can add to your original access log. See "mod_log_config" on the same docs page. Concerning JkLogStampFormat I'm not sure, whether you should use it. Yes, if you have strict rules how your timestamps have to be configured. But there is also one experience that gives an argument against using it: we introduced the helpful logging of milliseconds to our default timestamp format. If you had configured a timestamp format yourself, you wouldn't have gotten the milliseconds, because then the newly introduced letter for it wouldn't have been in your old pattern. Regards, Rainer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
