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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers How do I add a log file path to a vi file to monitor all the changes made to the file? Post 303042992 by vbe on Wednesday 15th of January 2020 08:13:51 AM
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how do I add an empty log file (test1.log) to an existing text file to monitor all the changes made to a.txt.
It is unclear to me what you are wanting to achieve, usually you add/use a log file to trace what a program is doing or not... what you seem to be after is more like a history of a file...
 

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BLAZE-LOG(1)						    BlazeBlogger Documentation						      BLAZE-LOG(1)

NAME
blaze-log - displays the BlazeBlogger repository log SYNOPSIS
blaze-log [-cqrsCV] [-b directory] [-n number] blaze-log -h|-v DESCRIPTION
blaze-log displays the content of the BlazeBlogger repository log. OPTIONS
-b directory, --blogdir directory Allows you to specify a directory in which the BlazeBlogger repository is placed. The default option is a current working directory. -n number, --number number Allows you to specify a number of log entries to be listed. -s, --short Tells blaze-log to display each log entry on a single line. -r, --reverse Tells blaze-log to display log entries in reverse order. -c, --color Enables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option. -C, --no-color Disables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option. -q, --quiet Disables displaying of unnecessary messages. -V, --verbose Enables displaying of all messages. This is the default option. -h, --help Displays usage information and exits. -v, --version Displays version information and exits. FILES
.blaze/log A file containing the repository log. EXAMPLE USAGE
List the whole repository history: ~]$ blaze-log Date: Sun Jul 25 16:48:22 2010 Edited the page with ID 5. Date: Tue Jul 6 18:54:59 2010 Edited the page with ID 5. etc. List the whole repository history in reverse order: ~]$ blaze-log -r Date: Tue Feb 10 00:40:16 2009 Created/recovered a BlazeBlogger repository. Date: Tue Feb 10 01:06:44 2009 Added the page with ID 1. etc. Display the very first log entry on a single line: ~]$ blaze-log -rs -n 1 Tue Feb 10 00:40:16 2009 - Created/recovered a BlazeBlogger repository. SEE ALSO
blaze-init(1), blaze-config(1) BUGS
To report a bug or to send a patch, please, add a new issue to the bug tracker at <http://code.google.com/p/blazeblogger/issues/>, or visit the discussion group at <http://groups.google.com/group/blazeblogger/>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Jaromir Hradilek This program is free software; see the source for copying conditions. It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Version 1.2.0 2012-03-05 BLAZE-LOG(1)
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