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| Date | 2013-01-14 09:07 +0000 |
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| From | Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> |
| Subject | Re: Query windows event log with python |
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On 13/01/2013 05:55, robey.lawrence@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, January 12, 2013 8:34:01 PM UTC+11, Tim Golden wrote: >> On 12/01/2013 06:09, email.address@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> I am looking to write a short program to query the windows event >> >>> log. >> >>> >> >>> It needs to ask the user for input for The event type (Critical, >> >>> Error, and Information), and the user needs to be able to specify >>> a >> >>> date since when they want to view results. >> >>> >> >>> I found this piece of code to start from, >> >> >> >> [... snip ...] >> >> >> >> Well it looks like you have everything you need. Was there a >> specific >> >> question you wanted to ask? >> >> >> >> TJG > > yes, I would like to run it in Command prompt and ask the user at the > time what type and date of Event they would like to view. so i was > wondering where in the code I could put something like > "var=raw_input" Ok, so your query isn't so much with accessing the event log as with writing Python code at all. If you haven't already, could I suggest the Python tutorial here: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/ or, if that one doesn't suit, just search for "Python tutorial" to find something which fits your brain. Feel free to post back here with questions once you've got started. TJG
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Query windows event log with python robey.lawrence@gmail.com - 2013-01-11 22:09 -0800
Re: Query windows event log with python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 00:34 -0800
Re: Query windows event log with python Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-12 09:34 +0000
Re: Query windows event log with python robey.lawrence@gmail.com - 2013-01-12 21:55 -0800
Re: Query windows event log with python Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2013-01-14 09:07 +0000
Re: Query windows event log with python robey.lawrence@gmail.com - 2013-01-12 21:55 -0800
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