Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server, Administrator'S Manual

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Chapter 8, Understanding Log Files 191
Flushing the Log Buffer
Flushing the Log Buffer
You can flush the log buffer instantaneously or at a schedule other than the
default time by setting buffer-flush in the
logbufInit
function in
obj.conf
.
The value should be in milliseconds and greater that 0. For example:
int logbuf_init(pblock *args) {
char err[MAGNUS_ERROR_LEN];
char *t;
logbuf_size = 0;
logbuf_flush = DEFAULT_LOGBUF_FLUSH;
if((t = pblock_findval("buffer-size", args)) ) {
logbuf_size = atoi(t);
if(logbuf_size < 0) {
util_snprintf(err, MAGNUS_ERROR_LEN, "buffer size of %d is
invalid", logbuf_size);
pblock_nvinsert("error", err, args);
return REQ_ABORTED;
}
if(logbuf_size < (REQ_MAX_LINE * 2))
logbuf_size = REQ_MAX_LINE * 2;
}
if( (t = ("buffer-flush", args)) ) {
logbuf_flush = atoi(t) * 1000;
if(logbuf_flush < 0) {
util_snprintf(err, MAGNUS_ERROR_LEN,"flush rate of %d
seconds is invalid", logbuf_flush);
pblock_nvinsert("error", err, args);
return REQ_ABORTED;
}
}
}
return REQ_PROCEED;
}
Running the Log Analyzer
The
server-install /extras/log_anly
directory contains the log
analysis tool that runs through the Server Manager. This log analyzer analyzes
files in common log format only. The HTML document in the
log_anly
directory that explains the tool’s parameters. The
server-install /
extras/flex_anlg
directory contains the command-line log analyzer for the