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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Nginx, Inc.
+
+# Tests for access_log.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use FindBin; chdir($FindBin::Bin); }
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Test::Nginx;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http rewrite/)
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon off;
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    log_format test "$uri:$status";
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location /combined {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/combined.log;
+            return 200 OK;
+
+            location /combined/off {
+                access_log off;
+                return 200 OK;
+            }
+        }
+
+        location /filtered {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/filtered.log test
+                       if=$arg_logme;
+            return 200 OK;
+        }
+
+        location /complex {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/complex.log test
+                       if=$arg_logme$arg_logmetoo;
+            return 200 OK;
+        }
+
+        location /compressed {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/compressed.log test
+                       gzip buffer=1m flush=100ms;
+            return 200 OK;
+        }
+
+        location /multi {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/multi1.log test;
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/multi2.log test;
+            return 200 OK;
+        }
+
+        location /varlog {
+            access_log %%TESTDIR%%/${arg_logname} test;
+            return 200 OK;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+$t->try_run('no access_log if')->plan(8);
+
+###############################################################################
+
+http_get('/combined');
+http_get('/combined/off');
+
+http_get('/filtered');
+http_get('/filtered/empty?logme=');
+http_get('/filtered/zero?logme=0');
+http_get('/filtered/good?logme=1');
+http_get('/filtered/work?logme=yes');
+
+http_get('/complex');
+http_get('/complex/one?logme=1');
+http_get('/complex/two?logmetoo=1');
+http_get('/complex/either1?logme=A&logmetoo=B');
+http_get('/complex/either2?logme=A');
+http_get('/complex/either3?logmetoo=B');
+http_get('/complex/either4?logme=0&logmetoo=0');
+http_get('/complex/neither?logme=&logmetoo=');
+
+http_get('/compressed');
+
+http_get('/multi');
+
+http_get('/varlog');
+http_get('/varlog?logname=');
+http_get('/varlog?logname=0');
+http_get('/varlog?logname=filename');
+
+
+select undef, undef, undef, 0.1;
+
+# verify that "gzip" parameter turns on compression
+
+my $log;
+
+SKIP: {
+	eval { require IO::Uncompress::Gunzip; };
+	skip("IO::Uncompress::Gunzip not installed", 1) if $@;
+
+	my $gzipped = read_file($t, 'compressed.log');
+	IO::Uncompress::Gunzip::gunzip(\$gzipped => \$log);
+	is($log, "/compressed:200\n", 'compressed log - flush time');
+}
+
+# now verify all other logs
+
+$t->stop();
+
+
+# verify that by default, 'combined' format is used, 'off' disables logging
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'combined.log');
+like($log,
+	qr!^\Q127.0.0.1 - - [\E .*
+		\Q] "GET /combined HTTP/1.0" 200 2 "-" "-"\E$!x,
+	'default log format');
+
+# verify that log filtering works
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'filtered.log');
+is($log, "/filtered/good:200\n/filtered/work:200\n", 'log filtering');
+
+
+# verify "if=" argument works with complex value
+
+my $exp_complex = <<'EOF';
+/complex/one:200
+/complex/two:200
+/complex/either1:200
+/complex/either2:200
+/complex/either3:200
+/complex/either4:200
+EOF
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'complex.log');
+is($log, $exp_complex, 'if with complex value');
+
+
+# multiple logs in a same location
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'multi1.log');
+is($log, "/multi:200\n", 'multiple logs 1');
+
+# same content in the second log
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'multi2.log');
+is($log, "/multi:200\n", 'multiple logs 2');
+
+
+# test log destinations with variables
+
+$log = read_file($t, '0');
+is($log, "/varlog:200\n", 'varlog literal zero name');
+
+$log = read_file($t, 'filename');
+is($log, "/varlog:200\n", 'varlog good name');
+
+###############################################################################
+
+sub read_file {
+	my ($t, $file) = @_;
+	my $path = $t->testdir() . '/' . $file;
+
+	open my $fh, '<', $path or return "$!";
+	local $/;
+	my $content = <$fh>;
+	close $fh;
+	return $content;
+}
+
+###############################################################################