What do the fields in a log file mean?

Answer

Each line of a log file has the following parameters:

• Service
• Date & time
• Type of entry
  S = statistics
  F = a failure
  I = information
  A = action
  P = protocol
  M = DNS
  Z = parser (all details)

• Five digit code for internal use by Gordano Ltd. (four digit code in older versions)
• Thread id (usually present) is the number of the thread that made the log entry
• The remainder of the line describes the entry in more detail

See Also:

• Which log files are created by each GMS service/protocol?

Keywords:Log, File, format, logging