[analog-help] monthly stats

[Aengus]

On Monday, July 17, 2006 2:05 PM [EDT],
Marian Vicena <vicky at ultranet.sk> wrote:

> I think it does not work as it should.
>
> Here is example of daily report:
>
> 13/Jul/06       0       0
> 14/Jul/06       0       0
> 15/Jul/06       2345468 100559  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> 16/Jul/06       106052  4689    ++
>
>
> It seems to count only the latest log.

It counts what you tell it to count.

> I defined CACHEFILE. Do I have to set also CACHEOUTFILE ? When i did
> so the log processing could not be completed the next day because the
> CACHEOUTFILE already existed.


CACHEFILE tells Analog where to find the cachefile that you created 
previously with CACHEOUTFILE. Analog will not overwrite an exsting 
cachefile.

> Whan am I doing wrong?

The simplest and most effective way to use cachefiles is to create a 
seperate cachefile for each logfile. Then, when you want to create a weekly 
or monthly report, run Analog against just the cachefiles.

Alternatively, you can also run Analog against yesterdays cachefile and 
yesterdays logfile to create a new cachefile that you will use with todays 
logfile, etc. But if you're not careful, you can end up counting the same 
traffic multiple times.

Unless you're dealing with several gigabytes of logs per day, simply zipping 
your logs may be a more effective way to solve whatever problems you were 
having in the first place.

Aengus