Transfer log format


97/04/20 23:30:59 #u2 | R,/home/ftp/pub/big.file,4627440,23.223,194.591,anonymous,mozilla@my.host.com,actual.host.com,.tar.gz,OK,


Date and time: Time when the transfer operation finished.

Child number: The name of the child process that served the client connection.

Transfer direction flag: Will be R for retrieve (download from server), and S for store (upload to server).

Pathname: Name of the file on the server.

Size: How many bytes were transferred. This is not necessarily the size of the file on the client side, and the size may be smaller than expected if the transfer does not complete.

Duration: Elapsed time in seconds.

Rate: Transfer throughput rate, in kilobytes per second.

User: Username logged in under, or anonymous for anonymous FTP users.

Email: Email address as entered by the anonymous FTP user at the password prompt. Will be blank for non-anonymous users.

Host: IP or hostname of the remote host the client is originating from.

Suffix: If an "on-the-fly" translation method was used, this was the suffix requested.

Value Meaning
.tar Directory retrieved as a TAR file.
.tar.Z Directory retrieved as a compressed TAR file.
.tar.gz Directory retrieved as gzipped TAR file.
(blank) Nothing special was used.


Completion: File transfer completion status:
Value Meaning
OK File was completely transferred successfully.
ABOR File was aborted by the remote client.
INCOMPLETE Data transfer connection to remote client was lost or forcefuly closed by the client.
ERROR Miscellaneous I/O error.


Session log format
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