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From: Bill Moseley <usenet@hank.org>
Subject: Re: Apache Notify When Error Log Messages Appear
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:14:10 -0700
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criecke_cxtec_com@my-deja.com wrote:
> Bill Moseley <usenet@hank.org> wrote:
> > Huh?!? Which Apache are you using that doesn't write a
> > timestamp to the error_log? You might want to check
> > that again.
> It kind of depends. When Apache writes something to standard error, it
> time stamps it. But when a CGI program writes something, it does not.
Only poorly written CGI scripts would not. ;)
In perl you have a few friends:
$SIG{__DIE__}
$SIG{__WARN__}
I'd rather use my own log files in CGIs instead of Apache's.
> Ah well. Sounds like the cron job route is the way to go. Thanks Bill!
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