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Its only a gotcha to anyone who has never looked through a log file.
by tekla 2y ago
Its only a gotcha to anyone who has never looked through a log file.
- mulmen 2y agoI have seen a lot of log files, never one in CSV format or without timestamps.
- lucb1e 2y agoSince there is no timestamps, it being in order is a requirement because otherwise it's unanswerable. Since chronologicalness is indeed virtually universal for any sort of log file, it's also a fairly safe assumption, but sure, if you want to double check assumptions then it's a valid question to ask. I do think it was obvious enough, though, and the question that came to my mind was rather about scale, like: can I assume the number of users and unique paths will both fit in RAM? Btw, if you want CSV log files, look no further, and not all my data logs have timestamps either! :D The particular timestampless case I'm thinking of, I wanted to log pageload times for a particular service so it logs the URI (anonymized) and the loading time, though I think that's not csv but just space separated, one entry per line
- mulmen 2y agoOr citing the previous “gotcha” this is a trick question and I am meant to describe a change to the system in which useful logs can be captured.
- teaearlgraycold 2y agoCandidates that handle this in a streaming fashion get extra points, but it’s not required.