Article ID: 291279 - Last Review: July 7, 2008 - Revision: 4.1

IIS Log File Is Not Created When There Is No Activity on a Web Site

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SYMPTOMS

If there is no client activity on a Web site during the amount of time that you specified as the logging period in the Web site properties, IIS does not create a log file for that time period. For example, if you set logging to occur on a daily basis, and there are no client requests made to that server during a 24-hour period, no log file is created.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.
APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
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