apache 2.0.59 query about log files windows xp pro

[masternige]

Hi My personal webserver sits in a corner chugging along,and its headless I access it through ftp.I was wandering is there a way for my apache log files to be automatically sent from my webserver to my main Desktop pc automatically.
Regards Nige.

[oracle128]

You could use a batch file to email the log to you.
First, you will either need SMTP access to an email server (eg. Gmail, or your ISP email account), or be running your own mail server (see here, here or here for free ones).

Next you will need a command line mailer. For the sake of consistency, if you use Blat, you can copy the code I give you.

Put the following in a batch file:

@echo off
::Get date to a YYYYMMDD format (needs modifying for non-US date formats)
FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
SET dat=%yyyy%%mm%%dd%

::Copy Apache logs and stamp with date string. Erase old logs (Apache will make new ones)
::May have to stop Apache first
cd "c:\path\to\logs\folder\"
copy access.log %dat%_access.log
copy error.log %dat%_error.log
del access.log
del error.log

::Compress logs

::Email logs
c:\blat\full\blat -body "Here are today's logs" -subject "Apache Logs" -to you@mail.com -server localhost -f you@mail.com -attach %dat%_access.log -attach %dat%_error.log

Make sure you change the obvious stuff - body text, subject, your email address, path to logs folder, path to Blat.exe, etc. If you use an external SMTP server, change the server parameters. Blat comes with a syntax guide so you should be able to figure it all out.

If your logs get big, you'll want to compress them - 7-Zip would be handy to use since it will happily compress files using the command line. Its commands are documented too.

Also make sure that your messages aren't being marked as spam by your mail host, it will be the source of many frustrations (like it was for me while testing these procedures).

[masternige]

Thats a fantastic reply i will give it a shot.
Cheers oracle128
ps How does one come up with a username like oracle128.
Regards Nige.

[oracle128]

No problem.
It's a combination of oracle (a wise, prophetic mystical being) and the amount of RAM in the computer I was using at the time (I needed a number since "oracle" was already taken). This was back in the days when ICQ was popular.