Auto download logfiles

[Jon12345]

I would like to use a logfile analyser that resides on my PC. However, it would be great if I didn't have to download them manually to analyse.

What do most webmaster do? Have some auto download setup?

Also, do the logfiles keep growing and you manually delete them or do they autoexpire?

Thanks,

Jon

[mat]

Depends on how your host has them setup, whether they are cumulative or, more commonly, they get overwritten each day. We just zip them up remotely and then FTP them down each day - 30 or 40 meg zips down to 2 to 4 meg.

[Jon12345]

I have 12 websites and soon 20. That would be very time consuming to do it manually.

[mat]

Set up a cron job.

[lorax]

I use a PC so I have an AT command setup to download the log files.

[Macguru]

I use FileMaker Pro, Apple Script and some FTP client to automate this task on Macs.

[lorax]

>> FileMaker Pro, Apple Script and some FTP client

Surely it's not as complicated as you make it sound Mac! It is an Apple after all. Why FMP?

[Macguru]

>>Why FMP?

I deal with many sites from different clients. FMP stores client's datas like url of logfile, username, password, ID and billing infos. It also triggers the download at a given date and time.

FMP is at the heart of many custom built relational database I use to manage my business. I automate some entries during the task so it will show later in other files. Like time sheet and bills, for instance.

[lorax]

OT
I thought that might be the case. I'm just now beginning to realize that custom built management tools are a necessity. I use NetTracker to do the analysis of the logfiles so all I need to do is get them downloaded. But there are other things that I've been looking to do and some custom scripts running on my development server seem to make the most sense.

BTW - think you'll make London in the fall?

[jpirelli]

I script wget, that way I do not have to script enough to manage file overwriting, naming etc, it already has enough of that code in it.

I run it on Win2k, just make sure that your batch files or VBS set the correct directory, otherwise it will send the log files to the winnt/system32 folder.

Of course I have never let that happen and found out when my c drive was full ;-)