On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 06:38:50PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Nicolas Boullis 2007-01-15 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The attached patch allows to set an alternate logfile that logtail tries > > to use as the old logfile if the inode has changed. > > It can be used as: > > logtail -f /var/log/syslog -a /var/log/syslog.1 > > It would be nice if the "other" filename could be figured out > automatically, for example with logrotate's "dateext" or savelog's -d > option, the filename is not predictable. (Just scan the whole dir and > look for the file with the right inode.)
logtail2 (which is currently in NEW for experimental) does support dateext, and has a plug-in mechanism where new ideas to detect rotated log files can be attached to. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 _______________________________________________ Logcheck-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/logcheck-devel
