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diff --git a/docs/manual/logs.xml b/docs/manual/logs.xml index a762d9d2c4..6c01ae7136 100644 --- a/docs/manual/logs.xml +++ b/docs/manual/logs.xml @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ <code>syslog</code> or <a href="#piped">pipe them to a program</a>.</p> - <p>The format of the error log is relatively free-form and + <p>The default format of the error log is relatively free-form and descriptive. But there is certain information that is contained in most error log entries. For example, here is a typical message.</p> @@ -140,14 +140,12 @@ information written to <code>stderr</code> by a CGI script will be copied directly to the error log.</p> - <p>It is not possible to customize the error log by adding or - removing information. However, error log entries dealing with - particular requests have corresponding entries in the <a - href="#accesslog">access log</a>. For example, the above example - entry corresponds to an access log entry with status code 403. - Since it is possible to customize the access log, you can - obtain more information about error conditions using that log - file.</p> + <p>Using the <directive module="core">ErrorLogFormat</directive> + directive, you can customize the format of the error log, and what + values are logged. If you have <module>mod_unique_id</module>, you + can put a <code>%L</code> token in both the error log and the access + log, producing a log entry ID with which you can correlate the entry + in the error log with the entry in the access log.</p> <p>During testing, it is often useful to continuously monitor the error log for any problems. On Unix systems, you can |