[WEB4LIB] Re: Web Trends and an alpha

[Steve Bachman]

Darryl, Shirl, et al,

Thanks a bunch for your help.  I used the ftp module of
ProComm to grab the log file and it all worked pretty
well.
Unfortunately, the only access log I could find to ftp
stopped counting on April 16, 1998.

There's always something  :)

Thanks again,
Steve


At 05:54 PM 11/8/99 -0800, Shirl Kennedy wrote:
>Darryl honed in on what I think is the solution (if I understand the
>question correctly).  I have a DEC Alpha machine for my Web server, and I
>run Web Trends off my PC -- or actually, off one of my network drives.  And
>yes, the log file must be ftp-ed from the Web server (and renamed) in order
>to get Web trends to read from it.  I have the whole step-by-step process
>documented here:
>http://www.clearwater-fl.com/intra/howto/stats.html  Of particular interest
>would be the first section on retrieving the log file for all reports.
>
>YMMV, of course, depending on your own set-up, but maybe this'll give you a
>shove in the right direction.
>
>I simply use the free version of WS_FTP to move the log around and rename
>it.
>
>Shirl Kennedy
>Internet Waves columnist, Information Today
>http://www.infotoday.com
>Author:  Best Bet Internet; Reference & Research When You Don't Have Time to
>Mess Around
>http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/beyondthebook/BestBet.html
>Web Doyenne, City of Clearwater (FL)
>http://www.clearwater-fl.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Darryl Friesen <Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 11:42 AM
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Web Trends and an alpha
>
>
>> > Does anyone out there use WebTrends to get web stats from an Alpha?
>> > If so, how did you get WebTrends (running on a PC) to recgonize the
>> > path to the log file on the alpha?
>>
>> I'm just jumping in here without knowing anything about WebTrends (so feel
>> free to tell me to shut up if I'm out to lunch here), but I think you'd
>have
>> to FTP the log files down to the PC before processing, or use something
>like
>> Samba (on the Alpha) to create a Windows-style share for the log directory
>> that the PC could connect to.
>>
>> For those that don't know, Samba lets your Unix box look like an NT
>machine
>> with file and print shares your Windows clients can connect to.  I can't
>say
>> for sure, but I think it's free.
>>
>>
>> - Darryl
>>
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>   Darryl Friesen, B.Sc.                        Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca
>>   Programmer/Analyst                            http://gollum.usask.ca/
>>   Consulting & Development, Computing Services
>>   University of Saskatchewan                   "The Truth Is Out There"
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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