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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2001 11:02:27 -0400
From:      Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   syslog.conf && executing programs
Message-ID:  <20010511110227.A27757@blackhelicopters.org>

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Hello,

I'd like to use syslogd to mail me upon certain events.

local3.*                           | /usr/bin/mail -s alert mwlucas

(I was using swatch, but it gives me trouble with logfile rotation.
Since syslogd has the functionality, why not use it?)


The first time something is appended to the log, I get a mail.

The second time, I get a hang:

loghost/etc;ps -ax | grep mail
25711  ??  Is     0:00.00 sh -c  /usr/bin/mail -s alert mwlucas
25712  ??  I      0:00.00 /usr/bin/mail -s alert mwlucas
loghost/etc;


Any suggestions?


-- 
Michael Lucas
mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org
http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons

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