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NAME
       penlogd - consolidate web server logs

SYNOPSIS
       penlogd [-fd] [-j dir] [-l logfile] [-n N] [-p pidfile] [-u user] port

EXAMPLE
       penlogd -l /var/log/access_log -p /var/run/penlogd.pid 10000

DESCRIPTION
       Penlogd receives log entries from Pen and from each of the web servers.
       It consolidates the entries by replacing the source addresses in each
       entry with the "real" client address and writes the result to stdout or
       to the file given on the command line.  This completely removes the
       need for postprocessing with mergelogs, since the logs are already
       merged.

       Pen must be instructed to send its log to penlogd. See HOWTO and pen
       man page for details.

       Sending penlogd a HUP signal will make it close and reopen the logfile,
       unless it is logging to stdout. Rotate the log like this:

       mv access_log access_log.1 kill -HUP `cat <pidfile>`

       where <pidfile> is the file containing pen's process id.

       Sending penlogd a TERM signal will make it close the log file and exit
       cleanly.

OPTIONS
       -d     Turn on debugging. The output goes to stderr if we are running
              in the foreground (see -f) and to syslog (facility user,
              priority debug) otherwise.

       -f     Stay in foreground.

       -j dir Run in a chroot environment.

       -l logfile
              Write output into logfile.

       -n N   Number of pen log entries to cache (default 1000).

       -p pidfile
              Write process id into pidfile.

       -u user
              Run as a different user.

       port   The UDP port where penlogd receives log entries.

SEE ALSO
       pen(1), penlog(1), webresolve(1)

AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Ulric Eriksson, <ulric@siag.nu>.

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