swatch swatch(swatch_5at_private)@Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 06:49:28PM +0000: > > What i want to do is setup 7 swatchrc files. One swatchrc file for every > logfile. Is this possible? If so, do i just name my swatchrc files > swatchrc1 through swatchrc7 and configure each one to look for specific > information depending on what logfile it is pointed at? For example, if i > have swatchrc1 setup to look in /var/log/kernel and swatchrc2 to look in > /var/log/messages would these be my startup scripts (remember i want to put > these scripts somewhere where they will start automatically should the > server be rebooted). A more efficient and less error-prone approach is to have a single swatch instance watch all your logs by either: 1) having your syslog daemon send all logs to one logfile for this purpose 2) have your syslog daemon send all logs directly into swatch: <URL:http://www.campin.net/newlogcheck.html#swatch> -- Nate Campi Wired UNIX Operations TerraLycos DNS Operations When you say 'I wrote a program that crashed Windows', people just stare at you blankly and say 'Hey, I got those with the system, for free' _______________________________________________ LogAnalysis mailing list LogAnalysisat_private http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/loganalysis
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