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+*txt*
+*.csv
+*.xlsx
diff --git a/LogFileEvaluation/evaluate.py b/LogFileEvaluation/evaluate.py
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+import os
+import datetime
+from collections import deque
+
+# open numbered log files and evaluate the results
+# the log files have been copied from the server to this directory
+# the log files are named log-NSWMessageService.txt.0, log-NSWMessageService.txt.1, log-NSWMessageService.txt.2, ...
+# for the first analysis I have copied 10 log files to this directory but placed them in the .gitignore file
+
+# get the current working directory
+
+abspath = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+dname = os.path.dirname(abspath)
+
+outputFileName = dname + "\\" + 'output.csv'
+
+# open the output file
+outputFile = open(outputFileName, 'w')
+
+# write the header
+
+outputFile.write('Receive time, Duration\n')
+
+# open the log files
+
+q = deque()
+
+for i in range(0, 10):
+    logFileName = dname + "\\" + 'log-NSWMessageService.txt.' + str(i)
+    logFile = open(logFileName, 'r')
+
+    # read the content line by line
+    while True:
+        line = logFile.readline()
+        if not line:
+            break
+
+        # get substring of the date
+        dateString = line[0:19]
+
+        if "Upload of" in line:
+            # add the dateString to the queue
+            q.appendleft(dateString)
+
+        elif "Download of" in line:
+            # find the corresponding dateString in the queue
+            # calculate the duration
+            # remove the dateString from the queue
+            lastdatestring = q.pop()
+
+            # create date from string
+            lastdate = datetime.datetime.strptime(lastdatestring, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+            currentdate = datetime.datetime.strptime(dateString, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+            # calculate the duration
+            duration = currentdate - lastdate
+            outputFile.write(dateString + "," + str(duration.seconds) + "\n")
+
+    # close the log file
+    logFile.close()
+
+outputFile.close()
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