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Logging - General Properties

In this dialog box, specify how log files are created and saved.

New Log Time Period

- Hourly: Log files are created hourly.
- Daily: Log files are created daily starting with the first entry that occurs after midnight.
- Weekly: Log files are created weekly starting with the first entry that occurs after midnight Saturday.
- Monthly: Log files are created monthly starting with the first entry that occurs after midnight of the last day of the month.

  Note "Midnight" is midnight local time for all log file formats except W3C Extended format. For W3C format, "midnight" is midnight Greenwich Mean Time by default, but can be specified as midnight local time.

- Unlimited file size: Data is always appended to the same log file. You can only access this log file after stopping the server.
- When file size reaches: A new log file is created when the current log file reaches a given size; specify the size you want.

Log file directory

Type the directory in which log files should be saved, or click Browse and locate the directory.

A file name is displayed beneath the Log file directory box; this name is determined by the log file format and the criterion used for starting new log files.

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