From: eldy <>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:34:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Updated documentation
X-Git-Tag: AWSTATS_5_7_BETA~57
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92c2fadebbfb2bed48f5d36f5b1c45fc9f8e0d76;p=thirdparty%2FAWStats.git

Updated documentation
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diff --git a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
index fc7229c2..3a3429a9 100644
--- a/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Fixes:
 - "&nbsp" changed to "&nbsp;" in miscellanous chart.
 - maillogconvert.pl did not support all sendmail setup.
 
-New features/improvments:
+New features/improvements:
 - Added support for Darwin streaming server.
-- awstats_buildstaticpages.pl can also build one PDF file (use htmldoc).
+- awstats_buildstaticpages.pl can also build one PDF file (need htmldoc).
 
 Other/Documentation:
 - Added mp4 mime type.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Fixes:
 - percent for other in full list of "links for internet search engines"
   has been fixed.
 
-New features/improvments:
+New features/improvements:
 - Report compression ratios with mod_deflate feature (Apache 2).
 - A better browser detection.
 - Can add regex values for a lot of list parameters (HostAliases,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ New features/improvments:
   update is ran. If it fails (file changed or wrong checksum of record), then
   it does a scan from the beginning of file until a new date has been
   reached (This was the only way of working on older version). So now update
-  process is very much faster for thoose who don't purge/rotate their log
+  process is very much faster for those who don't purge/rotate their log
   file between two update process (direct access is faster than full scan).
 - Better look for report pages on Netscape/Mozilla browsers.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Other/Documentation:
 
 Note 1:
   You should remove the "robots.txt" and "favicon.ico" entries in the SkipFiles
-  parameter in your config files after updgrading to 5.6.
+  parameter in your config files after upgrading to 5.6.
   
 
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Fixes:
   value and another parameter was ended with this value, the wrong parameter
   was truncated from URL.
 
-New features/improvments:
+New features/improvements:
 - Added a 'Screen Size' report.
 - Group OS by families. Added a detailed OS version chart.
 - Better 404 errors management. URLs are always cleaned from their parameter
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Fixes:
 - WhoIs link did not work if host name contained a "-" char.
 - Fixed a bug in mod_gzip stats when only ratio was given in log.
 
-New features/improvments:
+New features/improvements:
 - Lang parameter accepts 'auto' value (Choose first available language
   accepted by browser).
 - Little support for realmedia server.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Fixes:
 - Fixed: Columns not aligned in allhosts and lasthosts view when not all
   fields are choosed.
 
-New features/improvments:
+New features/improvements:
 - Added awstats_exportlib.pl tool.
 - Added 'Full list' view for Domains/Country report.
 - Added 'Full list' and 'Last visits' for email senders/receivers chart.
diff --git a/docs/awstats_faq.html b/docs/awstats_faq.html
index 49ba8a26..ba5ee724 100644
--- a/docs/awstats_faq.html
+++ b/docs/awstats_faq.html
@@ -547,10 +547,13 @@ To setup awstats to always point to last archive log file, you can use the 'tags
 <br>
 
 <a name="CRONTAB"></a><br>
-<b><u>FAQ-SET130 : HOW TO RUN AWSTATS FREQUENTLY</u></b><br>
+<b><u>FAQ-COM130 : HOW TO RUN AWSTATS FREQUENTLY</u></b><br>
 <font class=CProblem>PROBLEM:</font><br>
 AWStats must be ran frequently to update statistics. How can I do this ?<br>
 <font class=CSolution>SOLUTION:</font><br>
+A good way of working is to run the AWStats update process as a preprocessor of your log rotate
+process. See previous FAQ (<a href="#ROTATE">FAQ-COM120</a>) for this.<br>
+But you can also run AWStats update process regularly by a scheduler:<br>
 <br>
 <u>With Windows</u>, you can use the internal task scheduler.
 The use of this tool is not an AWStats related problem, so please take a look at your Windows manual.
@@ -564,9 +567,9 @@ A lot of other scheduler (sharewares/freewares) are very good.<br>
 <u>With unix-like operating systems</u>, you can use the "<b>crontab</b>".<br>
 This is examples of lines you can add in the cron file (see your unix reference manual for cron) :<br>
 To run update every day at 03:50, use :<br>
-<i>50 3 * * * /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mysite -update</i><br>
+<i>50 3 * * * /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mysite -update >/dev/null</i><br>
 To run update every hour, use :<br>
-<i>0 * * * * /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mysite -update</i><br>
+<i>0 * * * * /usr/local/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=mysite -update >/dev/null</i><br>
 <br>
 
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