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Summary
Name
Log File
Version
Other names
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/62
Family
Classification
Disclosure
Description
A log file is an usually human-readable plain text file that records (= logs) activities or events occuring in or behaviors of an operating system or other software runs.
Orientation
Text
Byte order
Related file formats
None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by
None.
Supported by
None.
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date
02 Aug 2005
Source description
Last updated
23 Sep 2022
Note
Description provided by Stadtarchiv Hof (Municipal Archives of Hof, Free State of Bavaria, Germany).
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