Notes On The Naming Of Size Based Files - Alcatel-Lucent 8950 AAA User Manual

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Notes on the Naming of Size Based Files

8950 AAA writes to a log file with the following name format:
<prefix> + active + <suffix>
The prefix and suffix components are specified by configuration settings. The name active
is hard-coded by the 8950 AAA server. For example, if the prefix is
is :
.log
The resulting log file name is:
When a file is switched, also known as, rolled-over, the old, or saved, file name has the
following format:
<prefix> + <timestamp> + <suffix>
The prefix and suffix portions are the same as above. The timestamp portion is hard-coded
by the 8950 AAA server in format,
of this format with examples.
Naming of Size based files–Format
Table 16-7 Naming of Size based files–Format
Timestamp Field
yyyy
MM
dd
HH
mm
ss
SSS
Using the example above, suppose the file
If this file is switched January 1, 2006, at noon, then the name of the saved file will be
nr20060101120000000.log
File with Time Based File Switching
The 8950 AAA server writes the log messages to a file. 8950 AAA switches the log file it
writes when a specified time interval is reached. Options are hourly, daily, weekly,
monthly, or you can specify a custom time interval. The contents of a 8950 AAA log file is
plain text. The properties tab for this destination type is shown in
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nractive.log
yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS
Meaning
Four digit year, 2006.
Two digit month, 12 for December.
Two digit day in month, 03 for third day in month.
Two digit hour in a 24-hour day.
Two digit minutes in hour.
Two digit seconds in minute.
Three digit milliseconds in second.
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Notes on the Naming of Size Based Files
. Table 16-7
the currently open file is named.
nractive.log
and the suffix
nr
provides a breakdown
Figure 16-15.
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