16 Feb
2007
16 Feb
'07
5:14 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 09:48:45AM -0600, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
Sure I understand that, but If I wanted it to be within 15 seconds response, I'd have to check 4times x 60 seconds x 60 minutes x 24 hours per day. Kind of a waste for a file that may or may not be transmitted each day.
I was thinking that perhaps there was something that would monitor the SYSLOG and could trigger jobs (scripts) based on a syslog entry.
You mean...
tail -f messages | grep "line.i.want" | while read line do something $line done
Be careful with log rotation.
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rgds
Stephen