Analog 6.0: Quick reference

This section is list of all of analog's configuration commands, together with a quick reference to their syntax and some examples. It's designed for those who are already familiar with the program, so it's pretty useless for trying to learn the program: to learn about the commands, read the section on Customising analog instead, or consult the index for a reference. Command line arguments aren't listed here, but there is a list of them in the index. Not all commands are available on all platforms.

This section is divided into the following parts:

Notation
Input and output files
LOGFORMAT commands
ALIAS commands
INCLUDE/EXCLUDE commands
DNS commands
Sub-item commands
LOWMEM commands
Report commands
GRAPH commands
BACK commands
ROWS commands
COLS commands
SORTBY commands
FLOOR commands
CHART commands
Hyperlinks
Language commands
Cosmetic and miscellaneous commands
Diagnostics

Notation

The syntax for each command is given using the following notation.

"stuff"        the word stuff
x y            x followed by y
(x | y)        x or y
[x]            optional x
subset("...")  any letters from the string, in any order
perm("...")    all the letters from the string, in any order
*x             x may contain wildcards * and ? (and often comma-separated list)
x := y         x is defined to be y
COMMAND        the command under discussion

In addition, I use the following names for different types of argument.

char           a single character
string         a string
digit          a digit
number         a non-negative integer (i.e. a string of digits)
real           a non-negative real number
regexp         a Perl-syntax regular expression
file           a filename within your server's filespace;
                   e.g. /index.html
localfile      a filename within your system's filespace;
                   e.g. /usr/local/analog.html
                      or analog.html
                 if no directory specified, placed within suitable
                 directory specified at compile-time
localfmtfile   as localfile, but may contain date codes;
                   e.g. /usr/local/analog%y%M.html
referrer       a URL of a referring page;
                   e.g. http://search.yahoo.com/
URL            a URL which may be absolute, or relative to the output page;
                   e.g. images/ or /~fred/images/
                      or http://www.fred.com/images/
fmtURL         as URL, but may contain date codes

Note: I have occasionally opted for clarity above strict accuracy where I don't think it will cause any confusion!

The syntax for commands in general was given earlier: remember that an argument which contains a hash or a space must be put in quotes or parentheses.

Input and output files

Syntax: LOGFILE (*localfmtfile | "-" | "none") [prefix_string] OUTFILE (localfmtfile | "-" | "none") CACHEFILE (*localfmtfile | "-" | "none") CACHEOUTFILE (localfmtfile | "-" | "none") UNCOMPRESS *localfile program
Examples: LOGFILE /httpd/logs/* LOGFILE c:\logs\log1,c:\logs\log2 OUTFILE "Hard Disk:Report%Y%M.html" UNCOMPRESS *.Z "/usr/bin/uncompress -c"

`LOGFORMAT` commands

Syntax

format_string := (see documentation)
Apache_format_string := (see Apache documentation)
logformat := ("COMMON" | "COMBINED" | "REFERRER" | "BROWSER" | "EXTENDED" |
              "MICROSOFT-NA" | "MICROSOFT-INT" | "WEBSITE-NA" | "WEBSITE-INT" |
              "MS-EXTENDED" | "WEBSTAR-EXTENDED" | "MS-COMMON" | "NETSCAPE" |
              "WEBSTAR" | "MACHTTP" | "AUTO" | format_string)
LOGFORMAT logformat
DEFAULTLOGFORMAT logformat
APACHELOGFORMAT Apache_format_string
APACHEDEFAULTLOGFORMAT Apache_format_string

Notes

LOGFORMAT and APACHELOGFORMAT only affect logfiles occurring later in the same configuration file.

Examples

LOGFORMAT (%S - %u [%d/%M/%Y:%h:%n:%j %j] "%j %r %j" %c %b) DEFAULTLOGFORMAT MS-EXTENDED APACHELOGFORMAT (%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b)

`ALIAS` commands

1. Commands (items): FILEALIAS, HOSTALIAS, BROWALIAS, REFALIAS, USERALIAS, VHOSTALIAS
Syntax: COMMAND *olditem ["PLAIN:"]newitem COMMAND ("REGEXP:" | "REGEXPI:")regexp ["PLAIN:"]newitem
Notes: Aliases item in all reports. Items with the same resultant name are combined. newitem may contain $1, $2 etc., representing the *'s in olditem or the bracketed subexpressions in regexp. (PLAIN: makes $'s on the right-hand side into literal $'s.)
Examples: FILEALIAS /*/football/* /$1/soccer/$2; USERALIAS REGEXP:^([^U].*) U$1
2. Commands (reports): TYPEALIAS, HOSTREPALIAS, REDIRHOSTALIAS, FAILHOSTALIAS, REQALIAS, REDIRALIAS, FAILALIAS, DIRALIAS, DOMALIAS, ORGALIAS, REFREPALIAS, REFSITEALIAS, REDIRREFALIAS, FAILREFALIAS, BROWREPALIAS, BROWSUMALIAS, OSALIAS, VHOSTREPALIAS, REDIRVHOSTALIAS, FAILVHOSTALIAS, USERREPALIAS, REDIRUSERALIAS, FAILUSERALIAS
Syntax: COMMAND *item ["PLAIN:"]string COMMAND ("REGEXP:" | "REGEXPI:")regexp ["PLAIN:"]string
Notes: Aliases item on one line of one report only. $1, $2 etc. in string are interpreted as explained above.
Examples: REQALIAS /football/ "/football/ (Main football page)"; REFREPALIAS REGEXP:^(http://([^/]*\.)?(maths|stats)\.uxy\.edu.*) ([$3] $1)
3. Other commands: syntax: CASE ("SENSITIVE" | "INSENSITIVE") USERCASE ("SENSITIVE" | "INSENSITIVE") SEARCHCHARCONVERT ("ON" | "OFF") DIRSUFFIX suffix LOGTIMEOFFSET ["+" | "-"] number TIMEOFFSET ["+" | "-"] number 304ISSUCCESS ("ON" | "OFF")
Examples: CASE SENSITIVE DIRSUFFIX index.htm LOGTIMEOFFSET -300

`INCLUDE/EXCLUDE` commands

1. Commands (items): FILEINCLUDE, FILEEXCLUDE, HOSTINCLUDE, HOSTEXCLUDE, BROWINCLUDE, BROWEXCLUDE, REFINCLUDE, REFEXCLUDE, USERINCLUDE, USEREXCLUDE, VHOSTINCLUDE, VHOSTEXCLUDE
Syntax: COMMAND (*item | "") COMMAND ("REGEXP:" | "REGEXPI:")regexp
Notes: Excludes all logfile entries containing an excluded item from all reports. Includes and excludes are done after aliases, so the item is the aliased name, if applicable. HOSTINCLUDE and HOSTEXCLUDE can also take IP address ranges and subnet masks.
Examples: FILEINCLUDE /jim/*,/jane/* FILEINCLUDE REGEXP:^/~[^/]*/$ HOSTEXCLUDE proxy*.aol.com USEREXCLUDE ""
2. Syntax (including and excluding status codes): range := (number | number "-" number | number "-" | "-" number | "*") STATUSINCLUDE range [, ranges] STATUSEXCLUDE range [, ranges]
Notes: All numbers must be in the range 100-599.
Example: STATUSINCLUDE 200-299,304
3. Syntax (including and excluding dates): partdate := ["+" | "-"] digit digit date := partdate partdate partdate [":" partdate partdate] FROM date TO date
Examples: FROM 990719:1200 TO -00-0101
4. Commands (reports): REQINCLUDE, REQEXCLUDE, REDIRINCLUDE, REDIREXCLUDE, FAILINCLUDE, FAILEXCLUDE, TYPEINCLUDE, TYPEEXCLUDE, DIRINCLUDE, DIREXCLUDE, HOSTREPINCLUDE, HOSTREPEXCLUDE, REDIRHOSTINCLUDE, REDIRHOSTEXCLUDE, FAILHOSTINCLUDE, FAILHOSTEXCLUDE, DOMINCLUDE, DOMEXCLUDE, ORGINCLUDE, ORGEXCLUDE, REFREPINCLUDE, REFREPEXCLUDE, REFSITEINCLUDE, REFSITEEXCLUDE, SEARCHQUERYINCLUDE, SEARCHQUERYEXCLUDE, SEARCHWORDINCLUDE, SEARCHWORDEXCLUDE, INTSEARCHQUERYINCLUDE, INTSEARCHQUERYEXCLUDE, INTSEARCHWORDINCLUDE, INTSEARCHWORDEXCLUDE, REDIRREFINCLUDE, REDIRREFEXCLUDE, FAILREFINCLUDE, FAILREFEXCLUDE, BROWREPINCLUDE, BROWREPEXCLUDE, BROWSUMINCLUDE, BROWSUMEXCLUDE, OSINCLUDE, OSEXCLUDE, VHOSTREPINCLUDE, VHOSTREPEXCLUDE, REDIRVHOSTINCLUDE, REDIRVHOSTEXCLUDE, FAILVHOSTINCLUDE, FAILVHOSTEXCLUDE, USERREPINCLUDE, USERREPEXCLUDE, REDIRUSERINCLUDE, REDIRUSEREXCLUDE, FAILUSERINCLUDE, FAILUSEREXCLUDE
Syntax: COMMAND *item COMMAND ("REGEXP:" | "REGEXPI:")regexp
Notes: Excludes an excluded item from one report only. HOSTREP*, REDIRHOST* and FAILHOST* can also take IP address ranges and subnet masks.
Example: REQINCLUDE pages
5. Commands (hyperlinks): See below.
6. Syntax (miscellaneous): PAGEINCLUDE *file PAGEEXCLUDE *file ARGSINCLUDE *file ARGSEXCLUDE *file REFARGSINCLUDE *referrer REFARGSEXCLUDE *referrer ROBOTINCLUDE *browser ROBOTEXCLUDE *browser
Notes: These can be regular expressions too.
Examples: PAGEINCLUDE *.jsp ROBOTINCLUDE *crawler*

DNS commands

Syntax: DNSFILE localfile DNS ("NONE" | "READ" | "LOOKUP" | "WRITE") DNSLOCKFILE localfile DNSGOODHOURS number DNSBADHOURS number DNSTIMEOUT number
Examples: DNSFILE dnscache.txt DNS WRITE DNSBADHOURS 48

Sub-item commands

Syntax: SUBDIR *file SUBDOMAIN *subdomain SUBDOMAIN subdomain name SUBORG *subdomain SUBTYPE *extension SUBBROW *browser REFDIR *referrer
Examples: SUBDIR /jim/*/* SUBTYPE *.gz

`LOWMEM` commands

Commands: FILELOWMEM, HOSTLOWMEM, BROWLOWMEM, REFLOWMEM, USERLOWMEM, VHOSTLOWMEM
Syntax: COMMAND ("0" | "1" | "2" | "3")
Example: HOSTLOWMEM 3

`COLS` commands

1. Commands (time reports): TIMECOLS, YEARCOLS, QUARTERLYCOLS, WEEKCOLS, MONTHCOLS, WEEKCOLS, DAYREPCOLS, DAYSUMCOLS, HOURREPCOLS, HOURSUMCOLS, WEEKHOURCOLS, QUARTERREPCOLS, QUARTERSUMCOLS, FIVEREPCOLS, FIVESUMCOLS
Syntax: cols1 := subset("RrPpBb") COMMAND cols1
Example: MONTHCOLS bRP
2. Commands (most success reports): HOSTCOLS, ORGCOLS, DOMCOLS, DIRCOLS, REFCOLS, REFSITECOLS, SEARCHQUERYCOLS, SEARCHWORDCOLS, INTSEARCHQUERYCOLS, INTSEARCHWORDCOLS, BROWREPCOLS, BROWSUMCOLS, OSCOLS, VHOSTCOLS, USERCOLS
Syntax: cols2 := subset("NDdEeRrSsPpQqBbCc") COMMAND cols2
Example: USERCOLS BD
3. Syntax (Request and File Type Reports): REQCOLS subset("NDdEeRrSspqBbCc") TYPECOLS subset("NDdEeRrSsBbCc")
Example: TYPECOLS NRb
4. Commands (failure, redirection and Status Code reports): REDIRCOLS, FAILCOLS, REDIRHOSTCOLS, FAILHOSTCOLS, REDIRREFCOLS, FAILREFCOLS, REDIRVHOSTCOLS, FAILVHOSTCOLS, REDIRUSERCOLS, FAILUSERCOLS, STATUSCOLS
Syntax: cols4 := subset("NDdEeRrSs") COMMAND cols4
Example: FAILCOLS D
5. Commands (Size and Processing Time Reports): SIZECOLS, PROCTIMECOLS
Syntax: cols5 := subset("DdEeRrSsPpQqBbCc") COMMAND cols5
Example: SIZECOLS RB

`SORTBY` commands

1. Commands (most success reports)

HOSTSORTBY, ORGSORTBY, DOMSORTBY, DIRSORTBY, REFSORTBY, REFSITESORTBY, SEARCHQUERYSORTBY, SEARCHWORDSORTBY, INTSEARCHQUERYSORTBY, INTSEARCHWORDSORTBY, BROWREPSORTBY, BROWSUMSORTBY, OSSORTBY, VHOSTSORTBY, USERSORTBY, SUBDIRSORTBY, SUBDOMSORTBY, SUBORGSORTBY, SUBBROWSORTBY, SUBOSSORTBY, REFDIRSORTBY, REFARGSSORTBY

Syntax

sortby1 := ("REQUESTS" | "REQUESTS7" | "PAGES" | "PAGES7" |
            "BYTES" | "BYTES7" | "DATE" | "FIRSTDATE" |
            "ALPHABETICAL" | "RANDOM")
COMMAND sortby1

Example

DOMSORTBY ALPHABETICAL

2. Commands (Request and File Type Reports)

REQSORTBY, TYPESORTBY, REQARGSSORTBY, SUBTYPESORTBY

Syntax

sortby2 := ("REQUESTS" | "REQUESTS7" | "BYTES" | "BYTES7" |
            "DATE" | "FIRSTDATE" | "ALPHABETICAL" | "RANDOM")
COMMAND sortby2

Example

REQSORTBY REQUESTS

3. Commands (failure, redirection and Status Code reports)

REDIRSORTBY, FAILSORTBY, REDIRHOSTSORTBY, FAILHOSTSORTBY, REDIRREFSORTBY, FAILREFSORTBY, REDIRVHOSTSORTBY, FAILVHOSTSORTBY, REDIRUSERSORTBY, FAILUSERSORTBY, STATUSSORTBY, REDIRARGSSORTBY, FAILARGSSORTBY, REDIRREFARGSSORTBY, FAILREFARGSSORTBY

Syntax

sortby3 := ("REQUESTS" | "REQUESTS7" | "DATE" | "FIRSTDATE" |
            "ALPHABETICAL" | "RANDOM")
COMMAND sortby3

Example

FAILSORTBY DATE

`FLOOR` commands

Commands (top-level): HOSTFLOOR, REDIRHOSTFLOOR, FAILHOSTFLOOR, ORGFLOOR, DOMFLOOR, REQFLOOR, DIRFLOOR, TYPEFLOOR, REDIRFLOOR, FAILFLOOR, REFFLOOR, REFSITEFLOOR, SEARCHQUERYFLOOR, SEARCHWORDFLOOR, INTSEARCHQUERYFLOOR, INTSEARCHWORDFLOOR, REDIRREFFLOOR, FAILREFFLOOR, BROWREPFLOOR, BROWSUMFLOOR, OSFLOOR, VHOSTFLOOR, REDIRVHOSTFLOOR, FAILVHOSTFLOOR, USERFLOOR, REDIRUSERFLOOR, FAILUSERFLOOR, STATUSFLOOR
Commands (lower levels): REQARGSFLOOR, REDIRARGSFLOOR, FAILARGSFLOOR, REFARGSFLOOR, REDIRREFARGSFLOOR, FAILREFARGSFLOOR, SUBDIRFLOOR, SUBDOMFLOOR, SUBORGFLOOR, SUBTYPEFLOOR, SUBBROWFLOOR, SUBOSFLOOR, REFDIRFLOOR
Syntax: partdate := ["+" | "-"] digit digit date := partdate partdate partdate [":" partdate partdate] COMMAND number ("r" | "s" | "p" | "q") COMMAND number ["k" | "M" | "G" | "T" | "P" | "E" | "Z" | "Y"] ("b" | "c") COMMAND real ("%" | ":") ("r" | "s" | "p" | "q" | "b" | "c") COMMAND date ("d" | "e") COMMAND "-" number ("r" | "s" | "p" | "q" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e")
Notes: Actually, this syntax isn't quite correct. REQFLOOR, TYPEFLOOR, REQARGSFLOOR and SUBTYPEFLOOR aren't allowed to be of type "p" or "q"; and REDIRFLOOR, FAILFLOOR, REDIRHOSTFLOOR, FAILHOSTFLOOR, REDIRREFFLOOR, FAILREFFLOOR, REDIRVHOSTFLOOR, FAILVHOSTFLOOR, REDIRUSERFLOOR, FAILUSERFLOOR, STATUSFLOOR, REDIRARGSFLOOR, FAILARGSFLOOR, REDIRREFARGSFLOOR and FAILREFARGSFLOOR aren't allowed to be of type "p", "q", "b" or "c".
Examples: TYPEFLOOR -20r REQARGSFLOOR 0.1%b

`CHART` commands

1. Commands (most success reports)

HOSTCHART, ORGCHART, DOMCHART, REQCHART, DIRCHART, REFCHART, REFSITECHART, SEARCHQUERYCHART, SEARCHWORDCHART, INTSEARCHQUERYCHART, INTSEARCHWORDCHART, BROWREPCHART, BROWSUMCHART, OSCHART, VHOSTCHART, USERCHART, SIZECHART, PROCTIMECHART

Syntax

chart1 := ("ON" | "OFF" | "REQUESTS" | "REQUESTS7" | "PAGES" | "PAGES7" |
            "BYTES" | "BYTES7")
COMMAND chart1

Example

DOMCHART BYTES

2. Commands (failure, redirection and Status Code reports)

REDIRHOSTCHART, FAILHOSTCHART, REDIRCHART, FAILCHART, REDIRREFCHART, FAILREFCHART, REDIRVHOSTCHART, FAILVHOSTCHART, REDIRUSERCHART, FAILUSERCHART, STATUSCHART

Syntax

chart2 := ("ON" | "OFF" | "REQUESTS" | "REQUESTS7")
COMMAND chart2

Example

FAILCHART ON

3. Syntax (TYPECHART)

4. Syntax (ALLCHART)

ALLCHART ("ON" | "OFF")

5. CHARTEXPAND commands

DIRCHARTEXPAND, DOMCHARTEXPAND, ORGCHARTEXPAND, TYPECHARTEXPAND, BROWCHARTEXPAND, OSCHARTEXPAND, REQCHARTEXPAND, REDIRCHARTEXPAND, FAILCHARTEXPAND, REFCHARTEXPAND, REDIRREFCHARTEXPAND, FAILREFCHARTEXPAND, REFSITECHARTEXPAND

Syntax

COMMAND item[,item...]

Example

DOMCHARTEXPAND .com,.net

Hyperlinks

Syntax: REQLINKINCLUDE *file REQLINKEXCLUDE *file REDIRLINKINCLUDE *file REDIRLINKEXCLUDE *file FAILLINKINCLUDE *file FAILLINKEXCLUDE *file REFLINKINCLUDE *referrer REFLINKEXCLUDE *referrer REDIRREFLINKINCLUDE *referrer REDIRREFLINKEXCLUDE *referrer FAILREFLINKINCLUDE *referrer FAILREFLINKEXCLUDE *referrer BASEURL prefix_string
Notes: The LINK commands can be regular expressions too.
Examples: REQLINKINCLUDE pages REFLINKINCLUDE *.cgi,*.cgi?* BASEURL http://www.mycompany.com

Language commands

Syntax

LANGUAGE ("ARMENIAN" | "BASQUE" | "BULGARIAN" | "BULGARIAN-MIK" |
          "CATALAN" | "SIMP-CHINESE" | "TRAD-CHINESE" | "CZECH" |
          "CZECH-1250" | "DANISH" | "DUTCH" | "ENGLISH" | "US-ENGLISH" |
          "FINNISH" | "FRENCH" | "GERMAN" | "HUNGARIAN" | "INDONESIAN" |
          "ITALIAN" | "JAPANESE-EUC" | "JAPANESE-JIS" | "JAPANESE-SJIS" |
          "JAPANESE-UTF" | "KOREAN" | "LATVIAN" | "NORWEGIAN" | "NYNORSK" |
          "POLISH" | "PORTUGUESE" | "BR-PORTUGUESE" | "RUSSIAN" |
          "RUSSIAN-1251" | "SERBIAN" | "SLOVAK" | "SLOVAK-1250" | "SLOVENE" |
          "SLOVENE-1250" | "SPANISH" | "SWEDISH" | "SWEDISH-ALT" | "TURKISH" |
          "UKRAINIAN")
LANGFILE localfile
DOMAINSFILE localfile
DESCFILE localfile

Notes

I hope that the other languages which were available in previous versions of analog -- BOSNIAN, SIMP-CHINESE, TRAD-CHINESE, CROATIAN, FINNISH, GREEK, ICELANDIC, LITHUANIAN, BR-PORTUGUESE, ROMANIAN, SLOVAK and SPANISH -- will be available for download from the analog home page soon.

Examples

LANGUAGE ITALIAN LANGFILE hindi.lng

Cosmetic and miscellaneous commands

Syntax: OUTPUT ("XHTML" | "HTML" | "PLAIN" | "ASCII" | "LATEX" | "COMPUTER" | "XML" | "NONE") GOTOS ("ON" | "OFF" | "FEW") RUNTIME ("ON" | "OFF") DESCRIPTIONS ("ON" | "OFF") REPORTSPAN ("ON" | "OFF") REPORTSPANTHRESHOLD number LASTSEVEN ("ON" | "OFF") REPORTORDER perm("x1QmWDdHwh4657oZSlLujJkKfsNnBbpvRMcPztiEIYyr") GENSUMLINES ("ALL" | ["+" | "-"] subset("BCDEFGHIJKLMN")) IMAGEDIR URL CHARTDIR fmtURL LOCALCHARTDIR localfmtfile JPEGCHARTS ("ON" | "OFF") PNGIMAGES ("ON" | "OFF") NOROBOTS ("ON" | "OFF") LOGO (URL | "none") LOGOURL (URL | "none") HOSTNAME string HOSTURL (URL | "none") HEADERFILE (localfile | "none") FOOTERFILE (localfile | "none") STYLESHEET (URL | "none") CSSPREFIX (string | "none") SEPCHAR (char | "none") REPSEPCHAR (char | "none") DECPOINT char COMPSEP string RAWBYTES ("ON" | "OFF") BYTESDP number HTMLPAGEWIDTH number PLAINPAGEWIDTH number LATEXPAGEWIDTH number PDFLATEX ("ON" | "OFF") BARSTYLE ("a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f" | "g" | "h" | "i" | "j") MARKCHAR char MINGRAPHWIDTH number WEEKBEGINSON ("SUNDAY" | "MONDAY" | "TUESDAY" | "WEDNESDAY" | "THURSDAY" | "FRIDAY" | "SATURDAY") SEARCHENGINE *referrer comma-separated-strings INTSEARCHENGINE *file comma-separated-strings
Examples: Too many to list. See the documentation on each individual command.

Diagnostics

Syntax: SETTINGS ("ON" | "OFF") DEBUG ("ON" | "OFF" | ["+" | "-"] subset("CDFSU")) WARNINGS ("ON" | "OFF" | ["+" | "-"] subset("CDEFLMR")) PROGRESSFREQ number ERRFILE localfile ERRLINELENGTH number
Examples: DEBUG ON DEBUG CF WARNINGS -DL PROGRESSFREQ 50000

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Stephen Turner
19 December 2004

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