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Re: [BackupPC-users] XferLog.z : How do I read this thing?

2012-02-10 10:55:21
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] XferLog.z : How do I read this thing?
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:53:31 -0600
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com> wrote:
> Most people would read them by clicking on the links in the web
> interface and not know/care whether there was an extension or not.

>
Touche.  But doesn't make this any smarter than it was...

I usually monitor backups (especially when I've just created a new guest to back up or when I'm having problems) by "tail -f /path/to/XferLog".  I can't do that with these compressed log files (or, I can't figure out how to, anyway).


It's pretty rare to have problems that change in realtime between logfile lines.  Relax a little, get a cup of coffee, check the results when they show up.


GUI's are great and all (and I use BackupPC's a *lot*), but it would be nice to not have them break the command line, too!  :(


How is the documented BackupPC_zcat program broken.
 
Or, at least, outsmart me.  Does someone have a way to simulate a "tail -f" with the compressed logs?


Do it the same way tail does it.  Sleep a while and read again.

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