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## NAME
       xferlog - ProFTPD server logfile

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **xferlog**  file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, [**proftpd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proftpd/8/markdown).  This
       file usually is found in **/var/log** but can be located anywhere by using a [**proftpd**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proftpd/8/markdown)  configu‐
       ration directive.  Each server entry is composed of a single line of the following form, with
       all fields being separated by spaces.

              _current-time_   _transfer-time_   _remote-host_    _file-size_    _filename_    _transfer-type_
              _special-action-flag_    _direction_   _access-mode_   _username_   _service-name_   _authentica__‐
              _tion-method_   _authenticated-user-id_  _completion-status_

       _current-time_        is the current local time in the form "DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss  YYYY".  Where
                           DDD is the day of the week, MMM is the month, dd is the day of the month,
                           hh is the hour, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds,  and  YYYY  is  the
                           year.

       _transfer-time_       is the total time in seconds for the transfer.

       _remote-host_         is the remote host name.

       _file-size_           is the size of the transferred file in bytes.

       _filename_            is the name of the transferred file.  If the filename contains any spaces
                           or control characters, each such character is replaced by  an  underscore
                           ('_') character.

       _transfer-type_       is a single character indicating the type of transfer. Can be one of:
                                  **a**         for an ascii transfer
                                  **b**         for a binary transfer

       _special-action-flag_ is  one  or  more  single  character  flags indicating any special action
                           taken.  Can be one or more of:
                                  **C**         file was compressed
                                  **U**         file was uncompressed
                                  **T**         file was tar'ed
                                  ___         no action was taken

       _direction_           is the direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
                                  **o**         outgoing
                                  **i**         incoming
                                  **d**         deleted

       _access-mode_         is the method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of:
### a         (anonymous)
### r         (real)

       _username_            is the local username, or if guest, the ID string given.

       _service-name_        is the name of the service being invoked, usually FTP.

       _authentication-method_
                           is the method of authentication used. Can be one of:
                                  **0**         none
                                  **1**         RFC931 Authentication

       _authenticated-user-id_
                           is the user id returned by the authentication method.  A * is used if  an
                           authenticated user id is not available.

       _completion-status_   is  a single character indicating the status of the transfer.  Can be one
                           of:
                                  **c**         complete transfer
                                  **i**         incomplete transfer

## FILES
### /var/log/xferlog
## AUTHORS
       ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number  of  people,  full  credits  can  be  found  on
### <http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html>

## SEE ALSO
### [proftpd(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proftpd/8/markdown)

       Full   documentation   on   ProFTPD,  including  configuration  and  FAQs,  is  available  at
### <http://www.proftpd.org/>

       For     help/support,     try     the     ProFTPD     mailing     lists,     detailed      on
### <http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html>

       Report bugs at **<http://bugs.proftpd.org/>**



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