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  • noun computing A file that serves as a log.

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  • The problem is that most of the logfile was the looping queries, which is a waste to send over, as each 1. 1G binary log was taking about 2 hours to apply.

    Planet MySQL 2008

  • I've created a "Quick and Dirty" Perl program which reads a GNU ddrescue 1.0 "logfile" (sector list file), and generates a DOS. bat file of SpinRite 6.0 commands to try to recover the unrecovered regions.

    freshmeat.net Releases Antonio Diaz Diaz 2010

  • It is some kind of logfile, warning about ports that have been opened and listened to, programs changed, permissions changed etc.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • I've created a "Quick and Dirty" Perl program which reads a GNU ddrescue 1.0 "logfile"

    freshmeat.net Releases 2008

  • The inbox of the future looks more like logfile analysis and aggregation and less like an email platform.

    Why Email Clients Need to Change 2009

  • - For intermittent bugs: list possible factors and try varying them one at a time; output a logfile and look for patterns

    Archive 2007-07-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • Other bloggers reacted with their own logfile info here and here.

    FL-SEN: Mystery Of Harris' Secret Cyber-Friend In India 2009

  • - For intermittent bugs: list possible factors and try varying them one at a time; output a logfile and look for patterns

    Debugging: Lessons Learned Jonathan Aquino 2007

  • It basically records all your keystrokes and writes them to a logfile.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2006

  • The logfile showed an untrusted key, so I decided to use apt-get as I have done for the past four releases or so.

    The joy of computers. magnio 2007

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