NAME
    ALF: Apache Log Filter. Or alf.pl if you want to be picky.

SYNOPSIS
     ./alf.pl [-l /path/to/access.log] [-cv] 

DESCRIPTION
    ALF is a filter for people using Apache logging to plain text logs, who
    still want the flexibility of being able to search their logs like a
    database. It relies heavily on Jeff Zucker's DBD::AnyData to do the
    clever stuff, and overlays that with a simple GTK2 interface.

    You can run SQL queries and see the results in horizontal or vertical
    formats; open different logs; run a few everyday queries from buttons;
    append column names to your SQL from a dropdown box; switch between
    parser formats; and export your filtered results in vertical or
    horizontal formats.

    You'll need to copy WeblogCombined.pm and WeblogVhost.pm into
    /path/to/AnyData/Format before ALF will play with you. AFAICS
    WeblogVhost.pm ought to work on all three types of logs but I don't have
    common format logs available to test on. This is very much a learning
    project so all comments are welcome.

OPTIONS
  Commandline options
    -? Print usage and exit
    -l /path/to/access.log A valid apache log
    -c Use common format parser
    -v Use vhost parser

  Set in script body
    $TABLE The name which you wish to give the table you'll search. Default:
    'log'.
    $SEPERATOR Field seperator for use when viewing records in horizontal
    format. Default: ' | '.
    $QUERY_FONT Font used in the query box. Default: 'FreeSans 12'.
    $RESULTS_FONT Font used to display your results. Default: 'FreeMono 12'.
    $LOG_DEFAULT Log that gets filtered if you don't specify one on the
    commandline. Default: '/home/charlie/access_log_test'

REQUIREMENTS
     perl 5.8.8
     DBD::AnyData
     AnyData::Format::WeblogVhost
     AnyData::Format::WeblogCombined
     Gtk2
     Gtk2::Ex::Simple::Menu
     Getopt::Std

LICENSE
                   Copyright (C)2007  Charlie Harvey

     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
     2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
     useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
     warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
     details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
     License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
     Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
     Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
     Also available on line: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

