This module is contained in the mod_log_common.c
file, and is compiled in by default. It provides for logging of the requests made to the server using the Common Logfile Format. This module has been replaced by mod_log_config in Apache 1.2
The log file contains a separate line for each request. A line is composed of several tokens separated by spaces:
host ident authuser date request status bytes
If a token does not have a value then it is represented by a hyphen (-). The meanings and values of these tokens are as follows:
date = [day/month/year:hour:minute:second zone]
day = 2*digit
month = 3*letter
year = 4*digit
hour = 2*digit
minute = 2*digit
second = 2*digit
zone = (`+' | `-') 4*digit
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).TransferLog file-pipe
Default: TransferLog logs/transfer_log
Context: server config, virtual host
Status: Base
Module: mod_log_common
The TransferLog directive sets the name of the file to which the server will log the incoming requests. File-pipe is one of
if a program is used, then it will be run under the user who started httpd. This will be root if the server was started by root; be sure that the program is secure.
Security: See the security tips document for details on why your security could be compromised if the directory where logfiles are stored is writable by anyone other than the user that starts the server.