Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:02:46 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple log question... Message-ID: <20050822020246.GA8101@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <11278953.1124675900398.JavaMail.root@elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <11278953.1124675900398.JavaMail.root@elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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On 2005-08-21 21:58, Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi guys, quick question here... > > I noticed on some peoples desktop they have a transparent log file > running in the backround thats constently updated.. > > Like in this openbsd screen. > > http://www.lphp.org/img/snap.png That would be sysutils/roottail :-) > I would like to do something similar on my FreeBSD box--- anyone know > of a program or a way to do this? Can you choose which log? Yes. You can certainly choose which log. You can run roottail much like tail -f on any file.
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