Here is a description of the log file format: Logline:= hostname: date (filename): operation: other_stuff hostname:= fully_qualified_domain_name | IP_address date:= Day Mon dd hh:mm:ss yyyy Note: Always contains two colons filename:= /path/to/file Note: Filename is always empty for error conditions and always non-empty for normal transactions. If non-empty it always starts with '/'. E.g. for root it is just the single char /. operation:= (see list of possibilities below) Note: Contains no colons or parens. other_stuff:= printable\n Note: MAY contain colons or parens List of normal transaction "operation" fields [all start with "Sent"] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent cache search Sent range search Sent search results Sent WAIS search Sent grep search Sent text Sent range Sent binary Sent cache Sent exec binary Sent exec Sent HTTP/1.0 header Sent CGI output Sent CGI output [nph] Sent CGI redirection List of error condition "operation" fields [filename field will be empty] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CGI programs require HTTP/1.0 Can't exec CGI program Can't open cache file [chkcache] Sorry, access denied or file does not exist Search term regular expression error Can't open cachefile [csearch] Corrupt cache entry [csearch] Unknown selector type Unknown server error Can't open post tempfile Option -S unavailable, no syslog Unknown option given to server Can't open logfile Selector syntax error Syntax error [arg] in selector Syntax error [no '/'] in selector Syntax error [no '/' in relpath] in selector Malformed range type Search string is empty! Unknown selector type Can't exec Search term regular expression error Can't open file Waisgn is not installed Couldn't exec waisgn Can't decompress Corrupted cache entry [no tabs] Corrupted cache entry [no 2nd tab] Corrupted cache entry [no 3rd tab} Could not turn off linger option [setsockopt] Could not set SO_REUSEADDR Accept failed Unable to fork new process HTTP error Can't chdir for exec to Selector only matched remote item No match for selector Directory not searchable .