Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:53:35 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Bryan Cassidy <bryanc2000@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root-tail question Message-ID: <3DBDB1DF.2040104@owt.com> References: <20021028065339.3a2c7a6d.bryanc2000@insightbb.com>
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Bryan Cassidy wrote: > I don't know if this is the appropriate mailing list but it should > be pretty simple for someone to answer so. I just installed > root-tail from the ports and when I root-tail -f /var/log/message > and it prints the output from /var/log/messages on the "top left" > of the window and the text is kinda small. I was wondering 3 > things. First I would like to know how do I change the font size, > second how could I make it go to the "bottom left" but not all the > way down so it would cover the toolbar of fluxbox. I dont want it > to cover the toolbar. Third is if anyone uses root-tail could you > post what options you use when you load root-tail? > I don't try and position it and I use the default fonts. I have then set up as a session default. All text comes up with that size font. The only thing I have found is that the default tail doesn't include enough lines. So I have aliases like slog (tail -30 /var/log/security) slog5 (tail -50 /var/log/security) The longer ones I only use from a windowed environment such as SecureCRT on W2K or a console windows on kde-3 with scrollbars on the right side. I have one called "mlog" which looks at messages and so on. One my web server, I have aliases that display both lengths of the current httpd-access.log and error log. As a personal preference, I don't believe in using long names like root-tail. I also have aliases like vlog that cd into /var/log and etc. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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