apache access_log to printer

plisken · 02-10-2003, 12:09 PM

Perhaps a wierd question, as in why would I wish to do this but...

How would I print out each additional line to be added to the access_log file, or indeed any log file?

Note: I don't simply wish to print out the complete file...

Thanks

bulliver · 02-10-2003, 03:29 PM

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each additional line to be added to the access_log file

What does that mean? Not sure what you are wanting to print.

plisken · 02-11-2003, 12:09 PM

When a new entry is amended to the log file, then this new entry would be printed.

So that every 24 hours or so i can simply tear off the printed paper and see the most recent additions to the log file.

Hope this helps...

bulliver · 02-11-2003, 12:43 PM

I see.

You could try creating a custom log in httpd.conf and instead of specifying a file, tell it to write directly to lp0, or whatever your printer device is...I'm not sure if it would work but you never know.

Other than that you would probably need a shell script to do it, or perhaps a Perl script. ie: run it as a cron job that runs every hour or 24 hours and only prints the new entries.

plisken · 02-11-2003, 05:54 PM

I'll spend a few hours on it at the weekend and post results here.

I was hoping that there would be some magical solution though

Thanks