Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:31:10 -0400 From: "Jonathan Fortin" <jfortin@akalink.com> To: "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: syslog.conf && executing programs Message-ID: <004f01c0da2f$680eeaa0$020a10ac@node00> References: <20010511110227.A27757@blackhelicopters.org>
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Hum syslogd doesnt have logfile rotation functionality. it's called newsyslog that has it and you can use it in any instance to trim files. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:02 AM Subject: syslog.conf && executing programs > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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