Help for File Transfer Log
Description of the information displayed
The File Transfer Log page displays the system's xferlog log. The log is displayed in descending chronological order (most recent line is shown first). Preceding each displayed line is the relative position of the line in the displayed information (used when skipping to specific lines in the file).
The system stores an entry in the xferlog log whenever a file is copied to or from the system using FTP.
Each entry contains the following information:
- Date and time of the file transfer
- Duration of the file transfer (in seconds)
- IP address of the remote host initiating the file transfer
- Size of the file
- Name of the file
- Transfer type
- 'a' - ASCII/text
- 'b' - binary
- Any special processing performed during the transfer
- 'C' - file was compressed
- 'U' - file was uncompressed
- 'T' - file was tar'ed
- '_' - no special processing was performed
- Direction of the transfer (i for inbound, o for outbound)
- Login method used by the user
- 'a' - an anonymous guest user
- 'g' - an authenticated guest user
- 'r' - an authenticated real user
- Name of the user performing the transfer
- Name of the service performing the transfer (typically FTP)
- Authentication method (usually '0')
- Authenticated user name (typically '*')
How to Navigate and Search the Log
The log file being displayed may be large, depending on the age of the log and the amount of log activity. The File Transfer Log panel displays 1000 lines of the file at a time, providing tools for you to navigate through large files.
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Click this arrow to display the previous 1000 lines in the log file. |
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Click this arrow to display the next 1000 lines in the log file. |
Goto line: |
To skip to a line, type the line number in the entry field, and select
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The section of the log file containing
the specified line is displayed, along with a number of lines preceding the specified line. |
Notes:
- You can use the browser Find function to search for specific text in the displayed log file information.
The Find function only searches the displayed section of the log file, not the entire log.
- The requested file is captured when you first request display of the file. To refresh the displayed
information with the current contents of the log file, re-request display of the file by selecting
the File Transfer Log menu item in the navigation frame.