One way to set up page logging (one way we do it at the Geometry Center) will be described here. You will likely need some extra information or assistance to make this approach work at your site.

In most cases, this form of logging will involve a three-step process:

1. Make an executable perl script called logger (and use chmod +x filename, if needed). It should contain the following code:

       #! /usr/local/bin/perl
   
       $machine = $ENV{REMOTE_HOST};
       $date    = $ENV{DATE_LOCAL};
       $agent   = $ENV{HTTP_USER_AGENT};
       $referer = $ENV{HTTP_REFERER};
       $referer = "*unknown*" if ($referer eq "");
   
       $month{'Jan'} = 1;
       $month{'Feb'} = 2;
       $month{'Mar'} = 3;
       $month{'Apr'} = 4;
       $month{'May'} = 5;
       $month{'Jun'} = 6;
       $month{'Jul'} = 7;
       $month{'Aug'} = 8;
       $month{'Sep'} = 9;
       $month{'Oct'} = 10;
       $month{'Nov'} = 11;
       $month{'Dec'} = 12;
   
       ($d,$m,$y,$t) = ($date =~ m/(\d+)-([^-]+)-(\d+)\s+(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)/);
       $date = sprintf("%02d-%02d-%02d",$y,$month{$m},$d)." ".$t;
   
       print($date," ",$machine," [",$referer,"] [",$agent,"]\n");
   

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2. Insert a line at the top of your HTML file like the following:

       <!--#exec cmd="./logger >> usage.log" -->
   

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3. Finally, make an .htaccess file starting with the lines

       Options Includes
       AddType text/x-server-parsed-html filename
   

   where filename is the name of the .html file that you want to log.