xferlog(5)							File Formats Manual							xferlog(5)

NAME

       xferlog - FTP server logfile

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, (see ftpd(1M)).  This file is found in Each server entry is composed of a
       single line of the following form, with all fields being separated by spaces.

       current-time   transfer-time   remote-host   file-size	filename transfer-type	 special-action-flag	direction    access-mode  username
       service-name   authentication-method   authenticated-user-id completion-status

       current-time	   The	current  local time in the form "DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss YYYY". Where DDD is the day of the week, MMM is the month, dd
			   is the day of the month, hh is the hour, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and YYYY is the year.

       transfer-time	   The total time in seconds for the transfer.

       remote-host	   The remote host name.

       file-size	   The size of the transferred file in bytes.

       filename 	   The name of the transferred file.

       transfer-type	   A single character indicating the type of transfer. Can be one of:
			   for an ascii transfer
			   for a binary transfer

       special-action-flag One or more single character flags indicating any special action taken.  Can be one or more of:
			   file was compressed
			   file was uncompressed
			   file was tar'ed
			   no action was taken

       direction	   The direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
			   outgoing
			   incoming

       access-mode	   The method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of:
			   (anonymous) is for an anonymous guest user.
			   (guest) is for an passworded guest user (see the
				     command in ftpaccess(4)).
			   (real) is for a local authenticated user.

       username 	   The local username, or if guest, the ID string given.

       service-name	   The name of the service being invoked, usually FTP.

       authentication-method
			   The method of authentication used. Can be one of:
			   none
			   RFC931 Authentication

       authenticated-user-id
			   The user id returned by the authentication method.  A * is used if an authenticated user id is not available.

       completion-status   This is a single character indicating the status of the transfer.  It can be one of:
			   complete transfer
			   incomplete transfer

FILES

       AUTHOR
	      was developed by the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

SEE ALSO

       ftpd(1M), ftpaccess(4), syslog(3C).

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