NCSA Input Format From-Entity Syntax

<from-entity> ::= <filename> | <SiteID> [ , <filename> | <SiteID> ... ]
<SiteID> ::= < site_number >
< server_comment >
< site_metabase_path >
The <from-entity> specified in queries using the NCSA input format is a comma-separated list of: "Site identifiers" must be enclosed within angle brackets (< and >), and can have one of the following values: When a "site identifier" is used, the NCSA input format connects to the specified machine's metabase, gathers information on the site's current logging properties, and parses all the log files in the site's current log file directory.

Filenames and "Site identifiers" can also include wildcards (e.g. "LogFiles\nc04*.log", "<www.*.com>").

Examples:

FROM LogFiles\nc04*log, LogFiles\nc03*.log, \\MyServer\LoggingShare\W3SVC2\nc04*.log
FROM <1>, <2>, <My External Site>, ncsa9.log
FROM <www.net*home.com>, <//MyServer2/W3SVC/www.net*home.com>, <*>

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