[ale] SHELL: log files monitoring

[Greg]

How about swatch ? What to look for and what swatch should do when it finds
it is configurable.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Steele [mailto:joe at madewell.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:29 PM
> To: 'Zyman, Andy'
> Cc: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: RE: [ale] SHELL: log files monitoring
>
>
> On Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:46 AM, Zyman, Andy wrote:
> > I have simple task : I need to monitor a log files for
> particular string.
>
> You might take a look at 'logcheck' (find it at freshmeat.net).  You
> set it up with patterns to watch for in your logs, and it sends
> e-mail if it finds them.  You can also set it up with patterns to
> ignore.  It's usually run periodically as a cron job.  It's partly a
> shell script, but it also includes a little program which reads and tags
> the logfiles so that previously reviewed log entries are skipped
> over.
>
> --Joe
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