log file merger

help me to find a software...

[ucla99]

Hi

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask my question, but here it is:

My web servers are clustered and each servers produce a W3C log file.
I'm looking for a software that merges all those separate log files into a single one.
I know "Analog" can do the job without such a trouble, but I need to use "WebTrends Log Analyzer", which only analyzes a single-server web site.
Is there any way to solve my problem?
Or, perhaps a script or sort to merge mutiple log files?
I'm aware of Add-on, WebTrends provide, but it's too expensive.
Better if it's freeware, but not required.
It has to run on Windows2000.

Thanks

John

[Woz]

we had a similar discussion a few days ago over here [webmasterworld.com]. You could probably write a batch file to do this but I wm not sure if your host would allow you to run it on the server. Might be worth looking into.

Onya
Woz

[ucla99]

Thanks WOZ
I'll take a look.
meanwhile, I'll look for different solution myself.
I'll post it here if I find anything cool.

[maccas]

Try [home.zonnet.nl...] its a free app that I often use to merge my log files.

[Macguru]

Thanks maccas,

I tried the software on very large log files. It works great. It took it 40 minutes to merge 4 files of about 2 gigs each. Frankenstein (my homemade PC) uses regular 7200 rpm ATA 133 drives and a AMD XP 1700. Since it is a Windows application, it can run in the background.

To my surprise, the merged file was 5 % smaller than the sum of it's parts. Analog ran through it with no problem.

This is a great problem solver for me for merging logfiles. I will give the author a feed back.