## LogFormat

Syntax: LogFormat format [nickname]
Default: `LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"`
Context: server config, virtual host
Status: Base
Compatibility: Nickname only available in Apache 1.3 or later
Module: mod_log_config

This sets the format of the default logfile named by the `TransferLog` directive . See the section on Custom Log Formats for details on the format arguments.

If you include a nickname for the format on the directive line, you can use it in other `LogFormat` and `CustomLog` directives rather than repeating the entire format string.

A `LogFormat` directive which defines a nickname does nothing else -- that is, it only defines the nickname, it doesn't actually apply the format and make it the default.