Comments on: Swatch: The Simple Log Watcher http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: qwe http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-987741 qwe Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:50:59 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-987741 Have a look at Simple Event Correlator (simple-evcorr.sourceforge.net). It's written in perl like Swatch, but has several advanced features for message aggregation and multiline matching. Have a look at Simple Event Correlator (simple-evcorr.sourceforge.net). It’s written in perl like Swatch, but has several advanced features for message aggregation and multiline matching.

]]> By: member http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-165159 member Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:33:56 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-165159 Nice, but instead of it emailing me the line it's matched I like it to include the x number of lines before/after the match like grep -A. Useful for mail or reject logs. Anyway to do this? Nice, but instead of it emailing me the line it’s matched I like it to include the x number of lines before/after the match like grep -A.
Useful for mail or reject logs.
Anyway to do this?

]]> By: Johan http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-149469 Johan Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:28:55 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-149469 I agree with this, but do you have any recommendations for an alternative tool that does this? preferably something running as a daemon. I agree with this, but do you have any recommendations for an alternative tool that does this? preferably something running as a daemon.

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]]> By: martin.marcher http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-8443 martin.marcher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-8443 <p>Seems like the wrong approach to me. Especially when looking at logfiles \"badness enumeration\" is just wrong.</p> <p>I\'d rather tell it about the things I don\'t care - that is things I know (IIRC logwatch does that).</p> <p>Granted, swatch is still better than having logfiles just for the reason that they exist. </p> Seems like the wrong approach to me. Especially when looking at logfiles \”badness enumeration\” is just wrong.

I\’d rather tell it about the things I don\’t care – that is things I know (IIRC logwatch does that).

Granted, swatch is still better than having logfiles just for the reason that they exist.

]]> By: geolaw http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-8444 geolaw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7807/#comment-8444 <p>I have had to use the following options in my initd script :<br /> --tail-args \'--follow=name --lines=3\'</p> <p>This makes sure that if the filename swatch is monitoring is rotated out by logrotate, swatch will re-open the file as needed</p> <p>I use swatch to monitor all my servers for nfs mounts that suddenly disappear </p> I have had to use the following options in my initd script :
–tail-args \’–follow=name –lines=3\’

This makes sure that if the filename swatch is monitoring is rotated out by logrotate, swatch will re-open the file as needed

I use swatch to monitor all my servers for nfs mounts that suddenly disappear

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