Re: Configurable log proposal

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To: fielding@ICS.UCI.EDU (Roy T. Fielding), www-talk@www0.cern.ch
Subject: Re: Configurable log proposal 
In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 02 Feb 1994 12:20:23 +0100.
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From: michael shiplett <michael.shiplett@umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 1994 11:43:30 -0500
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"rtf" == Roy T. Fielding <fielding@ics.uci.edu> writes:

rtf> In that spirit, let me propose that some generic indicator (such
rtf> as "-") be used for any field which is desired by the
rtf> configuration string (or by the fixed format) but is unknown or
rtf> empty for a particular log entry.  Thus, if the configurable
rtf> string indicates REMOTE_IDENT should be logged between FULL YEAR
rtf> and CLIENT HOST ADDRESS (as in "%Y %I %C"), and REMOTE_IDENT is
rtf> empty, then the output should be like:

rtf>         "1994 - simplon.ics.uci.edu"

rtf> rather than

rtf>         "1994  simplon.ics.uci.edu"

rtf> for reasons that should be obvious to most hackers.

  While I think preserving the number of fields is a good idea, I
suggest something along the lines of '--' or 'N/A' be used for empty
or "not applicable/available" fields. The meaning of either,
especially the latter, is more obvious to me than a single hyphen.

michael