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grablogs.conf

grablogs.conf(4)						   File Formats 						  grablogs.conf(4)

NAME

       grablogs.conf - grablogs configuration for libgrablogs.so of the plugins of
	gnome-system-log file

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/gnome-system-log/plugins/grablogs.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  libgrablogs.so  is	a plugin for gnome-system-log(1), it colloct the log files from the system as many as possible. grablogs.conf is a
       configuration file that contains a set of lines mixed with sh(1) syntax codes and individual
	log files. libgrablogs.so will read the file try to get a log files list for
	gnome-system-log(1). Users can copy the file into $HOME/.gnome2/gnome-system-log/plugins/`uname -p` to overwrite the system default one.

       The grablogs.conf file contains the following configuration categories:

	      [configs]
		     Each line under this category is interpreted as a config file of System. The plugin will open the config file and try to find
		     all system paths of the logs.

	      [commands]
		     Each line under this category is interpreted as a shell command and will be execute through a pipe. And each line of the out-
		     put of the command will be interpreted as a log path.

	      [logs] Each line under this category is interpreted as a log path.

FILES

       /usr/lib/gnome-system-log/plugins/grablogs.conf
	      The system default configuration file for the plugin libgrablogs.so

       $HOME/.gnome2/gnome-system-log/plugins/`uname -p`/grablogs.conf
	      The user specific configuration file for the plugin libgrablogs.so

EMAMPLE

       [configs]
       /etc/syslog.conf
       [commands]
       for i in `svcs -aH -o FMRI | grep -v lrc `; do svcprop -p restarter/logfile $i  2>/dev/null  ||	svcprop  -q  -p  restarter/alt_logfile	$i
       2>/dev/null ; done
       [logs]
       /var/log/messages
       /var/log/secure
       /var/log/maillog
       /var/log/cron
       /var/log/Xorg.0.log
       /var/log/XFree86.0.log
       /var/log/auth.log
       /var/log/cups/error_log

SEE ALSO

       gnome-system-log(1), pipelog.conf(1)

gnome-utils 2.16.0						    13 Oct 2006 						  grablogs.conf(4)

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