Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:58:02 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: What is the --MARK-- ? |
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > Take a look at the syslogd man-page. You can specify the time between the > > marks with the -m option. > > what is the purpose behind the --MARK--?
If an idle machine dies in the middle of the night without leaving any other logs, it makes it possible to track down the time of death to within 1/2 hr and possibly to check the logs of other machines around that time..
Matthew.
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