what's a .db file?

[RobBroekhuis]

The web hosting service I use keeps logs of web page access in directories in my user area. I can access the information through the service's web-based admin tools, but they are clunky and slow - I'm hoping to be able to directly interpret the data, but I don't know what type of file it is. The filename of the relevant data appears to be traffic.db. Any suggestions on how to try to interpret the data inside?


Rob

 

[PHV]

Have you tried this ?

file traffic.db

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[RobBroekhuis]

Thanks for the suggestion. This is what is says:

Berkeley DB (Hash, version 5, native byte-order)

I looked for information on Berkeley DB, even downloaded and installed it, but as best I can tell, it's not a stand-alone tool. Is there a way for me to interpret the contents of the file?


Rob

 

[PHV]

Maybe write a C program with the dbm functions ?

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[piperent]

Have you tried speaking with the tech's at the hosting service? That would be your best bet. They'll know what the file data-structure is and, if it doesn't infringe on any of their proprietary rights, they should be able to clue you in as to data-types, field lengths, etc. Other than that, it's really just a guessing game.

 

[RobBroekhuis]

I guess that's what I'll have to do. They're usually better at resolving the easy everyday questions than the technically more complex ones...


Rob