aks,

Here is an example for what your wotsrc could be, assuming:
- The alert frequency will be every 10 minutes
- Lines containing the expression "TimeOutException" and "OutOfMemoryException" in file /var/log/TraceLog.log will trigger an email
- You want to be alerted for any logged message in /var/log/Critical.log except messages starting with "Test"
---- start of wotsrc ----
config poll 600

from /var/log/TraceLog.log
/.*TimeOutException*./ mail=yourself@yourmail.net
/.*OutOfMemoryException*./ mail=yourself@yourmail.net

from /var/log/Critical.log
/Test/ ignore
/(.*)/ mail=yourself@yourmail.net
----end of wotsrc ----

you may start it using that script from /etc/init.d/wots

#!/sbin/sh

WOTS_CFG=/usr/local/etc/wotsrc
WOTSPID=/var/run/wots.pid

case "$1" in
start)

# WOTS
#
touch $WOTSPID
chgrp nobody $WOTSPID
chmod 664 $WOTSPID
su nobody -c "/usr/local/bin/wots --config=$WOTS_CFG --pidfile=$WOTSPID &"
;;

restart) ;;
stop)
if [ -f $WOTSPID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $WOTSPID`
fi
;;
esac

- Laurent