Log File

A Log File is a machine-generated dataset that is a log dataset (with event records)

• Context:
  • It can be the output of a Log File Record Addition.
  • It can be processed by a Log File Processing System, such as a log aggregation system.
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• Example(s):
  • Server Logfile, such as a Web Server Log File.
  • Transaction Log File.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Document File.
  • an Index File.
• See: Event Logging, Data Logger, Data Provenance.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/log_file Retrieved:2021-5-3.
  • In computing, a log file is a file that records either events that occur in an operating system or other software runs, or messages between different users of a communication software. Logging is the act of keeping a log. In the simplest case, messages are written to a single log file. A transaction log is a file (i.e., log) of the communications between a system and the users of that system, or a data collection method that automatically captures the type, content, or time of transactions made by a person from a terminal with that system. For Web searching, a transaction log is an electronic record of interactions that have occurred during a searching episode between a Web search engine and users searching for information on that Web search engine. Many operating systems, software frameworks and programs include a logging system. A widely used logging standard is syslog, defined in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 5424). The syslog standard enables a dedicated, standardized subsystem to generate, filter, record, and analyze log messages. This relieves software developers of having to design and code their own ad hoc logging systems.

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