[WEB4LIB] Re: Web Trends and an alpha

[Shirl Kennedy]

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
>
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