Tue 12 Dec 2006
I was messing around with FTP and needed to decode the log file. It contains lines such as
Thu Nov 9 03:11:13 2006 1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 35 /ftp/pub/anonymous/incoming/test.txt b _ i a IEUser@ ftp 0 * c
but what does this mean? Time to find out… Off to the WU-FTP website
|
Field |
Width |
Meaning |
Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
|
current-time |
23 |
the current local time in the form “DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss YYYY”. Where DDD is the day of the week, MMM is the month, dd is the day of the month, hh is the hour, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and YYYY is the year. |
Thu Nov 9 03:11:13 2006 |
|
transfer-time |
Variable |
the total time in seconds for the transfer. |
1 |
|
remote-host |
Variable | the remote host name | xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx |
| file-size | Variable | the size of the transferred file in bytes | 35 |
| file-name | Variable | the name of the transferred file | /ftp/pub/anonymous/incoming/test.txt |
| transfer-type | 1 | a single character indicating the type of transfer. Can be one of: a for an ascii transfer b for a binary transfer |
b |
| special-action-flag | Variable | one or more single character flags indicating any special action taken.. Can be one or more of: C file was compressed U file was uncompressed T file was tar’ed _ no action was taken |
_ |
| direction | 1 | the direction of the transfer. Can be one of: o outgoing i incoming |
i |
| access-mode | 1 |
the method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of: |
a |
| username | Variable | the local username, or if guest, the ID string given | IEUser@ |
| service-name | Variable (Typically 3) | the name of the service being invoked, usually FTP | ftp |
| authentication-mode | 1 |
the method of authentication used. |
0 |
| authenticated-user-id | Variable | the user id returned by the authentication method. A * is used if an authenticated user id is not available. | * |
| completion-status | 1 | a single character indicating the status of the transfer. Can be one of: c complete transfer i incomplete transfer |
c |
