.TH webalizer 1 "12-Jul-2008" "Version 2.20" "The Webalizer"
webalizer - A web server log file analysis tool.
[\fI option ... \fP] [\fI log-file \fP]
[\fI option ... \fP] [\fI log-file \fP]
The \fIWebalizer\fP is a web server log file analysis program which produces
usage statistics in HTML format for viewing with a browser. The results
are presented in both columnar and graphical format, which facilitates
interpretation. Yearly, monthly, daily and hourly usage statistics are
presented, along with the ability to display usage by site, URL, referrer,
user agent (browser), username, search strings, entry/exit pages, and
country (some information may not be available if not present in the log
The \fIWebalizer\fP supports \fBCLF\fP (common log format) log files,
as well as \fBCombined\fP log formats as defined by NCSA and others,
and variations of these which it attempts to handle intelligently. In
addition, the \fIWebalizer\fP supports \fBxferlog\fP formatted (\fIFTP\fP)
log files, \fBsquid\fP proxy logs and \fBW3C\fP extended format logs.
Logs may also be compressed, via \fIgzip\fP (.gz) or, if enabled at compile
time, \fIbzip2\fP (.bz2). If a compressed log file is detected, it will be
automatically uncompressed while it is read. Compressed logs must have the
standard \fIgzip\fP extension of \fB.gz\fP or \fIbzip2\fP extension of
\fIwebazolver\fP is normally just a symbolic link to the \fIWebalizer\fP.
When run as \fIwebazolver\fP, only DNS file creation/updates are performed,
and the program will exit once complete. All normal options and
configuration directives are available, however many will not be used.
In addition, a DNS cache file must be specified. If the number of DNS
children processes to use are not specified, the \fIwebazolver\fP will
This documentation applies to The Webalizer Version 2.20
.SH RUNNING THE WEBALIZER
The \fIWebalizer\fP was designed to be run from a Unix command line prompt or
as a \fBcrond(8)\fP job. Once executed, the general flow of the program is: