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4 Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
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5 Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
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38 '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$gzip_ratio"';
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112 The compression level can be set between 1 (fastest, less compression)
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181 <syntax>
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196 <tag-name><var>$bytes_sent</var></tag-name>
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206 <tag-name><var>$connection_requests</var></tag-name>
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219 otherwise
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222 <tag-name><var>$request_length</var></tag-name>
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253 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_status">$status</link>
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255 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_bytes_sent">$bytes_sent</link>
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257 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_connection">$connection</link>
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259 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_connection_requests">$connection_requests</link>
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261 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_msec">$msec</link>
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263 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_request_time">$request_time</link>
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265 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_pipe">$pipe</link>
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267 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_request_length">$request_length</link>
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269 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_time_iso8601">$time_iso8601</link>
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271 and
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272 <link doc="ngx_http_core_module.xml" id="var_time_local">$time_local</link>
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275 </note>
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279 <para>
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281 “<literal>sent_http_</literal>”, for example,
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287 “<literal>combined</literal>”:
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289 log_format combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
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290 '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
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291 '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"';
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298 <directive name="open_log_file_cache">
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302 [<literal>inactive</literal>=<value>time</value>]
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303 [<literal>min_uses</literal>=<value>N</value>]
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304 [<literal>valid</literal>=<value>time</value>]</syntax>
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305 <syntax><literal>off</literal></syntax>
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311 <para>
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355 <example>
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357 </example>
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362 </section>
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364 </module>