Am 01.05.2012 um 06:42 schrieb Salvatore Bonaccorso: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 03:13:31PM +0200, Thilo Uttendorfer wrote: >> Am 30.04.2012 um 11:21 schrieb martin f krafft: >>> also sprach Thilo Uttendorfer <deb...@uttendorfer.net> [2012.04.29.2306 >>> +0200]: >>>> * Package name : logsurfer >>>> Version : 1.8 >>>> Upstream Author : Kerry Thompson <ke...@crypt.gen.nz> >>>> * URL : http://www.crypt.gen.nz/logsurfer/ >>>> * License : BSD >>>> Programming Lang: C >>>> Description : Monitoring system logs in real-time >>>> >>>> Logsurfer is a program for monitoring system logs in real-time, and >>>> reporting >>>> on the occurrence of events. >>> >>> Is this a logcheck replacement? >> >> Although it probably could replace logcheck, I would not recommend it to >> use it that way because the syntax is much more complex. >> >> But it has some advantages compared to logcheck: >> - monitoring of log files in real-time >> - grouping of related log entries ("contexts") >> - trigger any action, executing programs with the current context >> (of course the most common case is sending mail) > > This is great to see. I was to ITP this too this, or at least ask for > RFP, after reading an article in logsurfer. > > From webpage furthermore: It is similar to 'swatch', which is already > in the archive. > > Thilo, do you know what logsurfer has as features in advance to > swatch?
I never used swatch, but I suppose the "context"-feature is exclusive to logsurfer. In addition it is written in C and the author thinks it is much more efficient then swatch which is written in Perl. By the way, the package is on mentors.debian.net: http://mentors.debian.net/package/logsurfer Thilo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/88a27712-9ce4-4996-85d0-aadc9fda1...@uttendorfer.net
