[master] 061bc5c Add a doc paragraph on how and from what varnishncsa produces it's output.

Martin Blix Grydeland martin at varnish-software.com
Thu Dec 12 13:40:02 CET 2013


commit 061bc5ca269c42dab0c5cbe7ca2f4eae69db2382
Author: Martin Blix Grydeland <martin at varnish-software.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 12 13:36:22 2013 +0100

    Add a doc paragraph on how and from what varnishncsa produces it's
    output.

diff --git a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
index 13b9c10..3c7aa12 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/reference/varnishncsa.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ DESCRIPTION
 The varnishncsa utility reads varnishd(1) shared memory logs and
 presents them in the Apache / NCSA "combined" log format.
 
+Each log line produced is based on a single Request type transaction
+gathered from the shared memory log. The Request transaction is then
+scanned for the relevant parts in order to output one log line. To
+filter the log lines produced, use the query language to select the
+applicable transactions. Non-request transactions are ignored.
+
 The following options are available:
 
 .. include:: ../../../bin/varnishncsa/varnishncsa_options.rst



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