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From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
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Subject: Re: /var/log/message
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On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:30:03AM -0400, Oi Yan wrote:
> 
> I checked the /var/log/message and got the wordings
> 
> May  3 22:00:44 free -- MARK --
> 
> What is this meaning?

It's just a mark message that syslog prints (every 20 minutes by default)
to let you know it hasn't died.

See the manpages for syslogd (-m flag) and syslog.conf (mark facility).

Ceri

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