log file

A record of computer activity used for statistical purposes as well as backup and recovery. Log files are written by the operating system or other control program for such purposes as recording incoming dialogs, error and status messages and certain transaction details. Start and stop times of routine jobs may also be recorded.

Any program might generate a log file. An application may generate a log that the user can refer to if necessary or that may be helpful in the event of a failure. For example, an FTP program may generate a log file showing the date, time and source and destination paths for each file transferred. See data logging and data exhaust.

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Each node is assigned a TPM identity (stored in the log file) which differentiate it from other nodes on the same network (Fig.

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Otherwise, the decrypted log file is stamped using time-stamping method and is sent to the server responsible for storing the logs.

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First, to suppress the necessity to download each log file manually, a script was written that downloads publicly accessible data from different GNSS receivers.

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* Besides a slight amendment to the initial download entry of the log file shown in "Example log file" [the default text provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) interim reanalysis (ERA-Interim) data server was not particularly self-explanatory], no manual editing of its contents was done.

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The web logs are updates each time a user starts a new session.Initially the log file contains each and every detail regarding the user, the IP address, website name, time stamp and other details.

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