07-11-2024 - Gopher server logging dilemma
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So I have a (slight) dilemma re my gopher server software of choice,
Motsognir:  I want better logging / analytics for my gopher traffic.

I chose Motsognir for several important reasons, and I've now created
several (trivial) cgi-bin scripts to add bits of flavor to my
jonsharp.net and frstcomputer.com gopher holes, so I'm reluctant to
switch to something else, but I really want something that outputs
an Apache-style (common log format?) access log so that I can use
tools like awstats, rrdtool, etc.  These are things I used regularly
back in the old days of supporting LAMP-stack apps / machines, and as
I looked around recently, these tools seem just as relevant today.

Anyway, as I type up this post, I can't recall the server I found that
_does_ have the common log format support, but I seem to recall that
there was at least one server that had both the logging AND cgi
functionality of some kind.  I've really just been trying to summon
the energy to do the legwork on this.  I just think that while the
current scripts are trivial themselves, it will be non-trivial to do a
wholesale gopher server swap...

Any suggestions?  Feel free to email me.  There's probably just some
sed/awk magic that would fix me right up...