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Q267270: Convlog Stops Processing Log Files

Article: Q267270
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): winnt:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbWin2000SP2Fix
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Convlog utility stops processing a log file when it reaches an incorrectly
formatted line. The next lines are not processed.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or
later:

  Date        Time    Version        Size     File name     Platform
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  07/05/2000  09:31p  5.0.2195.2098  67,856   Convlog.exe   i386


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Services
5.0.
This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION
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This fix adds the -c switch so that you can continue processing a file even if
Convlog reaches an incorrectly formatted line.

Example:

  convlog  -ii in000203.log

  Opening file in000203.log for processing
          Writing file .\in000203.log.ncsa.
  Line #37 not in MS Internet Standard format.
  in000203.log completed, 37 lines processed.
  36 Web lines written

  Totals:
  =======
  Total Lines Processed:          37
  Total Web Lines Written:        36

  convlog  -c -ii in000203.log

  Opening file in000203.log for processing
          Writing file .\in000203.log.ncsa.
  Line #37 not in MS Internet Standard format.
  in000203.log completed, 51 lines processed.
  50 Web lines written

  Totals:
  =======
  Total Lines Processed:          51
  Total Web Lines Written:        50

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbWin2000SP2Fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500
Version           : winnt:5.0
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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