Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip]
> The showlog script > is: date +"$0 started %c"; /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/syslog You can also do this by uncommenting some lines in /etc/syslog.conf: daemon,mail.*;\ news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\ *.=debug;*.=info;\ *.=notice;*.=warn /dev/tty12 So that Alt-F12 displays the most recent syslog messages, with very little overhead. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ "And so, New York has joined the fraternity of cities whose only admission requirement is to be overrun with evil zombies." http://www.sluggy.com/