LOGVIEW
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This is a demo of logview, an application to view and monitor the
system logs. This software is developed under linux but I think it
will work on any unix system which has the same log format that
linux uses. I've tried it under Solaris and it works (much slower)
and there are still a lot of bugs. The program is able to open an 
close logs, show log stats and a calendar and monitor the logs.
There are still many features that are missing. This version is only
provided for those interested in taking a look at whats coming. It is 
still not very usable.

REQUIEREMENTS
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The requierements to compile this version are:

   + gtk version 0.99.3
   + libgnomegui and libgnome


USINGS IT
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The program opens by default the file /var/adm/messages. On some
distributions the logfiles don't have read access. If that is the
case on your system then either:

a) As root do a chomod a+r /var/adm/messages and chmod a+r /var/adm/syslog

or

b) Run the program as root.

I could make the program setuid root but I think this is rather dangerous
and I'm not sure its a good idea. If you have any coments on this matter
send me an e-mail.

You can open and close multiple logs. Choose open from the file menu.
To switch logs use the '-' and '+' keys. To quit press 'q' or exit
form the file menu. To scroll use page-up and page-down (ther is no 
scrollbar yet!). You can use the build-in calendar to see the log
for a particular date. If the date is colored in blue that means that
there is a log entry in that particular dau. By clicking on the blue date
you can go directly to that day. You can get the log stats for the 
current log by choosing View/File info from the main menu. You can
monitor the logs by using File/Monitor... from the menu bar. A window
appears with the loaded logs. You can then choose which logs to monitor
and click OK. A window will appear on the bottom right corener of your
screen. The window is updated but you have to scrollit manually (it's
bug not a feature!)


Don't bother to send bug reports yet because it is in its early development
stages. DO tell me if the program crashes while opening a log. If
you can find more or less what part of your log is making it crash send it
to me via e-mail. You can reach me at:

   miquel@df.uba.ar

and sometimes on irc.canweb.net on the #gimp channel as hypro. 

Good luck!



