Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:30:03 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/23415: /etc/security fails to show all relevant messages. Message-ID: <200012110130.eBB1U3g67303@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/23415; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject: Re: bin/23415: /etc/security fails to show all relevant messages.
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:24:01 +0000
> >Number: 23415
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: /etc/security fails to show all relevant messages.
[.....]
> I think the catmsgs() function:
> catmsgs() {
> [ -f $LOG/messages.0.gz ] && zcat $LOG/messages.0.gz
> [ -f $LOG/messages.0 ] && cat $LOG/messages.0
> [ -f $LOG/messages ] && cat $LOG/messages
> }
> maybe should do something like:
> =
> catmsgs() {
> find $LOG/ -name 'messages.*' -mtime -2 -print | =
> sort -r |
> xargs zcat -f
> [ -f $LOG/messages ] && cat $LOG/messages
> }
This could be sorted better - messages.10* would be out of place :o]
-- =
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org=
>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org=
>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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