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Old 09-22-2004
Question when less invoked... what is the " log file "!?

Smilie I have been through the man pages and am not understanding the purpose of even what is a "Log File:"... I would like to be be able to access this application.. since it looks like something i could use but i am not sure what it is.. can some one clarify the matter.. and how to use it...
thanx moxxx68..Smilie
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Old 09-22-2004
I'm not sure ... whether i have understood you correctly.

But here is advantage and using of logfiles.

Logfiles fecilitates you to see what happened to yr out put statements such as "echo " .... etc.

u can have history of the cmds that run as crons which outputs on shell ; The o/p is lost if the shell is lost.

If we write them as logfiles ... u can revisit yr o/p again ...


Here is an example ... how to write into the logfile ...


exec >> ./logs/logfile 2>&1


echo `$TIME` "----------- TODAY IS `date` ---------------\n"
echo $PATH
echo "Hello ..."



Check the ./logs/logfile ... u get all echo outputs would be writen there.
# 3  
Old 09-22-2004
MySQL thanx...!

Smilie sort've like a usage journal of sorts... !!? are the logfiles under one datafile or are there.. extensions to different log.files.. if so how would i access them through less? use Examine: ?
thanx moxxx68
Smilie
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Old 09-22-2004
I use more. Not that it matters all that much.

Code:
more file.log

Use the /<search pattern> to find words like Error, or whatever would indicate some sort of problem in a big log file.


However for large files or lots of files, grep is loads better -- if you know what word(s) indicate some sort of problem or error condition.
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Old 09-22-2004
MySQL much thanx for your rapid reply

Smilie thanx alot.. I think I can figure it out from here, your advice has been very helpfull indeed..
thanx moxxx68Smilie
 
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