-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'd rather be able to do it without having to tail a log file. basically, I was direct access to the tty that the kernel uses to report dtat to syslogd. any way to do that other than with tail -f? Mage On Monday 11 August 2003 06:20 am, Kevin Brown wrote: > > The subject pretty much says it all. > > I want to be able to access the live syslog and have it display to the > > current term while it is also writing to disk. any commands to do this? > > tail -f /var/log/messages > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss - -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/OEO3n/usgigAaLcRAmptAJ0Y3dfzKmvbtcH5Hip179Di4NpmmgCfUEy6 BuWUHnpMMUax2LfJsin5g6U= =Pv5q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----