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Example of how to invoke the forensic log
authorRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Sun, 2 Aug 2015 20:52:55 +0000 (20:52 +0000)
committerRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Sun, 2 Aug 2015 20:52:55 +0000 (20:52 +0000)
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docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml

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 <identifier>log_forensic_module</identifier>
 
 <summary>
-    <p>This module provides for forensic logging of client
-    requests. Logging is done before and after processing a request, so the
+    <p>This module provides for forensic logging of client requests.</p>
+
+    <p>Create the log file using the <directive>ForensicLog</directive>
+    directive:</p>
+
+    <highlight language="config">
+    ForensicLog logs/forensic_log
+    </highlight>
+    
+    <p>Logging is done before and after processing a request, so the
     forensic log contains two log lines for each request.
     The forensic logger is very strict, which means:</p>
 
@@ -44,8 +52,8 @@
     </ul>
 
     <p>The <code>check_forensic</code> script, which can be found in the
-    distribution's support directory, may be helpful in evaluating the
-    forensic log output.</p>
+    distribution's support directory, processes the resulting log file
+    to identify the requests that didn't complete.</p>
 </summary>
 <seealso><a href="../logs.html">Apache Log Files</a></seealso>
 <seealso><module>mod_log_config</module></seealso>