/var/www/vhosts/foo.com/ vs /var/www/vhosts/system/foo.com/ ?

[book2]

/var/www/vhosts/foo.com/ contains:
anon_ftp, cgi-bin, conf, error_docs, httpdocs, httpsdocs, logs, private, statistics, subdomains, web_users

/var/www/vhosts/system/foo.com/ contains:
conf, logs, pd, statistics

The conf in blue above seems to be a symlink to the actual director within "system".

But the 2 logs directories both seem to be "real" independent directories. Their contents look similar, but not exactly the same.

[root@news foo.com]# ls -l /var/www/vhosts/foo.com/logs
total 347140
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 22834453 Jul 16 10:28 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 90543766 Jul 16 02:10 access_log.processed
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12126333 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 13164373 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12729130 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11497827 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12342570 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11849301 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12375220 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12176671 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11994738 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12137640 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 access_log.webstat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 3468 Jul 16 09:56 access_ssl_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11166217 Jul 16 02:10 access_ssl_log.processed
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 access_ssl_log.webstat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 96339891 Jul 16 10:22 error_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:10 xferlog_regular
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12147061 Jul 16 02:10 xferlog_regular.processed
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 xferlog_regular.webstat

[root@news foo.com]# ls -l /var/www/vhosts/system/foo.com/logs
total 347164
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 22853840 Jul 16 10:29 access_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 90543766 Jul 16 02:10 access_log.processed
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12126333 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 13164373 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12729130 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11497827 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12342570 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11849301 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12375220 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12176671 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11994738 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12137640 Jul 15 20:17 access_log.processed.9.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1577 Jul 16 02:11 access_log.stat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 access_log.webstat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 3468 Jul 16 09:56 access_ssl_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 11166217 Jul 16 02:10 access_ssl_log.processed
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 access_ssl_log.stat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 access_ssl_log.webstat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 96339891 Jul 16 10:22 error_log
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:10 xferlog_regular
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 12147061 Jul 16 02:10 xferlog_regular.processed
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 xferlog_regular.stat
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Jul 16 02:11 xferlog_regular.webstat

What is this all about?
How are we meant to use these directories?

 

[IgorG]

Have you read explanation in Advanced Guide? http://download1.parallels.com/Ples...linux-advanced-administration-guide/68806.htm

 

[book2]

Thank you, the article is partially informative.
I see that the "system" path is new to Plesk ver 11.5.
No reason was given.

My system is 11.5, so there is not supposed to be a real logs directory at /var/www/vhosts/foo.com/ , so my system isn't behaving as expected from the article.
It is supposed to be a symlink.