On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:12:20 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue,25.Nov.08, 18:58:19, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:46:41 +0100 (CET) > > "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > ... > > > > > > so... what is xconsole? > > > > > > A very useful app if you can get it to work. It puts a small window > > > on your display that scrolls /var/log/messages constantly in real > > > time. It's very nice if you're changing something and want to know > > > the immediate effect it has. > > > > What are the advantages over 'tail -f /var/log/messages'? > > AFAICT you can configure your syslog daemon to send only specific > messages to xconsole. I'm no expert on this stuff, but IIUC, you can tell syslogd to send *anything* *anywhere*, so why not just tell it to send certain messages to something like /var/log/important-messages, and then tail that? > Andrei Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
