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* Multilog logs to a file named 'current' in a subdirectory named for the service
* Multilog logs to a file named 'current' in a subdirectory named for the service
* Multilog records time as an "@" followed by "a precise timestamp".
* Multilog records time as an "@" followed by "a precise timestamp".
* Pipe multilog output through '''tai64nlocal''' to have multilog's cryptic time stamp converted to a human-readable form:
* Multilog timestamps are converted to human-readable form automatically by 'View log files' referenced above.
* At a shell prompt you can pipe multilog output through '''tai64nlocal''' to generate a human-readable time:
tail -f /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
tail -f /var/log/qpsmtpd/current | tai64nlocal
Some SME Server log files are still created using syslog or another process (not multilog). An examples of this is the squid/access.log file. The following command will convert the times in a squid logfile to human-readable form:
Some SME Server log files are still created using syslog or another process (not multilog). An example of this is the squid/access.log file. The following command will convert the times in a squid logfile to human-readable form:
tail /var/log/squid/access.log | perl -pe 's/^\d+\.\d+/localtime $&/e;'
tail /var/log/squid/access.log | perl -pe 's/^\d+\.\d+/localtime $&/e;'
