"Scott D. Yelich" wrote:
>
> Yup... but now where do I get taildir? Is this more DBWare? Etc. I'm
> not sure I know the erason why its necessary to "switch" files or what
> the trigger is -- but I'm sure there is a "standard" unix way to
> accomplish this.
Dave just posted it. See earlier in this thread.
> > > The only thing I wish tail would do is multi-tail... mtail...
> > > tail -multi, tail file file file... etc.
> > You mean monitor several files at once?
>
> Yes. mtail -f /var/adm/messages /var/log/syslog /bing/bang/boom
> /yadda/yadda/yadda /etc/etc/etc.
http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco/files/xtail.tar.gz
Or if you're on FreeBSD:
$ cd /usr/ports/misc/xtail ; make install
R.
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