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• 08-13-2008, 3:05 PM

  grnr_rchrd Joined on 09-02-2006, 7:09 AM England Posts 5

  IIS Logfiles Location Reply Contact I am trying to read the contents of IIS logfiles using C#, but I do not know how to find where they are. The physical location on my PC is C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1. In my software I am using: string serverName = "localhost"; DirectoryEntry W3SVC = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://" + serverName + "/logs/logfiles/w3svc/1"); foreach (DirectoryEntry d in W3SVC.Children) { MessageBox.Show(d.Name); } But it says the path does not exist. I am also not sure that the foreach will bring back each file within the directory anyway. I think it will bring back each child directory, which is not what I want. Can anyone point me in the right direction please. Richard

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• 08-14-2008, 10:35 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 6:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 1,426	Re: IIS Logfiles Location Reply Contact grnr_rchrd: I do not know how to find where they are. The physical location on my PC is C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1. Look in that folder and see if they really are there.  Check permissions on the file/folder. Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 08-14-2008, 4:06 PM

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  dac3636 Joined on 06-22-2007, 4:25 PM Posts 5

  Re: IIS Logfiles Location Reply Contact   If all your trying to do is get the logfile names under that directory, try this. DirectoryInfo iisDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1"); FileInfo[] myfiles; myfiles = iisDir.GetFiles(); foreach (FileInfo logfile in myfiles) { Console.WriteLine(logfile.Name.ToString()); }  Like the other reply said, make sure to check the security on the directory.

• 08-15-2008, 1:14 AM

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  steve schofield Joined on 06-10-2002, 4:54 PM MI Posts 2,581	Re: IIS Logfiles Location Reply Contact You are using the IIS provider, do you have the legacy tools installed? Steve Schofield Windows Server MVP - IIS http://weblogs.asp.net/steveschofield http://www.IISLogs.com Log archival solution Install, Configure, Forget