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* First STAGE : Install the scripts

- Run w3perl.exe

* 2nd STAGE : Building configuration file

- Default configuration file is provided for Windows with no Web server : config-win.pl. You need to make some modifications in order to use W3Perl.
Edit the file C:\Program Files\W3Perl\config.pl and change the settings according to your needs.

* Basically you need to fill some informations about your log files :
  1. the logfile location (on your hard disk or on a remote host)
  2. your logfile format
  3. the name of your logfile
  4. if they are compressed/split
* and your own setup :
  1. the name of your server
  2. any filtering rules (page, directory, country ...)
  3. any display rules (language, number of items to display...)

Help is provided about configuration files.

* 3rd STAGE : Ready

- You should now be able to analyse your logs.
- You can either :

  1. open a shell (from the windows menu 'Programs'->'Accessories'->'Command Prompt'), change directory to the W3Perl one (cd C:/Program Files/W3Perl/) and run the cron-w3perl.pl script with the -a flag to start from scratch (cron-w3perl.pl -a). If you just need to update stats, run the same script with the -e flag (cron-w3perl.pl -e).

  2. Select the 'Init Stats' or 'Update Stats' from the menu 'Program'->'W3Perl'
- In order to watch the ouput, click on the index file located in C:/W3Perl/stat/ or select 'View Stats' from the menu 'Program'->'W3Perl'
- You can use the command at to schedule the stats to update, add the command 'cron-w3perl.pl -e' to run daily

* Problem ?

If you have any trouble with w3perl, please check installation was successful. You can contact me if you have serious trouble.