Increasing update frequency in log files

Is it possible to get data more frequently?

[mo_jeff]

Hello - my first post to webmasterworld... what an excellent resource!

I'm looking for information on server logs - currently, I'm using a webhosting service to host a small website. The log files are updated once or twice a day.

Is there any way to create a log file that would update in real-time? I imagine that there's no way to affect the webhosting service's log file, but perhaps I can create another log file somehow?

Thanks for any help,
mo.

[bill]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld.

You could use one of those 3rd party tracking scripts to get "live" data. It's not always as good as your raw logs, but should suffice. All you usually need to do is add some Javascript to your pages...

[richmondsteve]

mo_jeff, if a server-side scripting language is available you can probably log the same data as the web server. But that will increase both load on the server and duplicate existinf data. If the company hosting your site would be ok with that they may also be open to logging to a file you can access in real time or splitting their central server logs for your site more frequently (assuming they have central logs). It doesn't hurt to ask (if you haven't already).