Looks like I'll be going with something like swatch or logsurfer....

Thanks all...

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry [mailto:juanino AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Sent: February 18, 2005 10:59 AM
> To: Paul Keating; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] realtime log monitoring tools??
> 
> 
> Free: http://sourceforge.net/projects/swatch/
> 
> Commerical: Concord's system edge SNMP agent has the
> ability to watch logs as well and perform actions (any
> script) when a regex is matched in the log.  This can
> include email of course or self-healing properties.
> 
> --- Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca>
> wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking for a tool that I can use to monitor
> > logs in realtime and
> > send out pages or e-mails.
> >  
> > Right now, I can use cronjobs running every 5
> > minutes, to grep for
> > keywords, etc, but I would prefer something a little
> > more eloquent.
> >  
> > Anyone using anything you can recommend?
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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