Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 01:31:00 -0800 (PST) From: Murray Nesbitt <murray@unixporting.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: murray@unixporting.com Subject: ports/35768: New port: 'Flasher' monitors log or mail files for writes, and flashes a keyboard LED. Message-ID: <200203110931.g2B9V0J34386@freebsd.unixporting.com>
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>Number: 35768
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: New port: 'Flasher' monitors log or mail files for writes, and flashes a keyboard LED.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-ports
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 11 01:40:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Murray Nesbitt
>Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freebsd.unixporting.com 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #2: Thu Mar 7 00:09:37 PST 2002 root@freebsd.unixporting.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL.t2p4 i386
>Description:
Flasher monitors changes to one or more files, and indicates the
number of writes to these files by briefly flashing a console LED
once for each write. The flashing sequence is repeated, after a
brief pause, until the files have been read. As the files are
subsequently read, the number of LED flashes is reduced. When all
monitored files have been read, the console LED will be disabled.
The most obvious use is to monitor specific system log or mail files.
Multiple LEDs can be used. Each possible LED (-c, -n or -s) takes
a list of colon-separated file arguments. For example, when invoked
as:
# ./flasher -s /var/log/messages:/var/mail/root
the Scroll Lock LED will flash once for each write made to either
of these files, until the files are read. When /var/log/messages
has been read, the Scroll Lock LED will continue to flash once for
each write that has been made to /var/mail/root, until it also has
been read.
The list of files can include files that don't yet exist.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
# This is a shell archive. Save it in a file, remove anything before
# this line, and then unpack it by entering "sh file". Note, it may
# create directories; files and directories will be owned by you and
# have default permissions.
#
# This archive contains:
#
# flasher-1.2
# flasher-1.2/Makefile
# flasher-1.2/pkg-comment
# flasher-1.2/pkg-descr
# flasher-1.2/pkg-plist
# flasher-1.2/distinfo
#
echo c - flasher-1.2
mkdir -p flasher-1.2 > /dev/null 2>&1
echo x - flasher-1.2/Makefile
sed 's/^X//' >flasher-1.2/Makefile << 'END-of-flasher-1.2/Makefile'
X# New ports collection makefile for: flasher
X# Date created: 10 March 2002
X# Whom: Murray Nesbitt <murray@unixporting.com>
X#
X# $FreeBSD$
X#
X
XPORTNAME= flasher
XPORTVERSION= 1.2
XCATEGORIES= sysutils
XMASTER_SITES= http://www.unixporting.com/downloads/
XDISTNAME= flasher-1.2
X
XMAINTAINER= murray@unixporting.com
X
XMAN1= flasher.1
XMANCOMPRESSED= yes
X
X.include <bsd.port.mk>
X
END-of-flasher-1.2/Makefile
echo x - flasher-1.2/pkg-comment
sed 's/^X//' >flasher-1.2/pkg-comment << 'END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-comment'
XMonitors log or mail files for writes, and flashes a keyboard LED.
END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-comment
echo x - flasher-1.2/pkg-descr
sed 's/^X//' >flasher-1.2/pkg-descr << 'END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-descr'
XFlasher monitors changes to one or more files, and indicates the
Xnumber of writes to these files by briefly flashing a console LED
Xonce for each write. The flashing sequence is repeated, after a
Xbrief pause, until the files have been read. As the files are
Xsubsequently read, the number of LED flashes is reduced. When all
Xmonitored files have been read, the console LED will be disabled.
X
XThe most obvious use is to monitor specific system log or mail files.
X
XMultiple LEDs can be used. Each possible LED (-c, -n or -s) takes
Xa list of colon-separated file arguments. For example, when invoked
Xas:
X
X # ./flasher -s /var/log/messages:/var/mail/root
X
Xthe Scroll Lock LED will flash once for each write made to either
Xof these files, until the files are read. When /var/log/messages
Xhas been read, the Scroll Lock LED will continue to flash once for
Xeach write that has been made to /var/mail/root, until it also has
Xbeen read.
X
XThe list of files can include files that don't yet exist.
X
XWWW: http://www.unixporting.com/downloads/flasher/
X
X- Murray Nesbitt
Xmurray@unixporting.com
X
END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-descr
echo x - flasher-1.2/pkg-plist
sed 's/^X//' >flasher-1.2/pkg-plist << 'END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-plist'
Xsbin/flasher
END-of-flasher-1.2/pkg-plist
echo x - flasher-1.2/distinfo
sed 's/^X//' >flasher-1.2/distinfo << 'END-of-flasher-1.2/distinfo'
XMD5 (flasher-1.2.tar.gz) = c07923c7e83f8395bf7c6c2512642545
END-of-flasher-1.2/distinfo
exit
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