Re: Display syslog file?

I don't know if the same syntax is available on Linux, but on Solaris I can use the 'tail -f' command to watch lines being appended to a file from the commandline.. You might be able to do something via passthru("tail -f $PathToSyslog"); in a frame on your page...although there might be socket_blocking or page flush() issues to experiment with - steve At 8:28 AM -0600 1/9/04, Carlton L. Whitmore wrote:

I didn't make my last request very clear. I used lastlog as an example, but what I really want to do is open a syslog file (text file), that is coming in from a VPN box. I'd like to have it displayed live so I can scan it during the day. What is the best way to do this? Someone had suggested using cron, but I'm very new to Linux and PHP so I would need some help with that. Any help is appreciated, Carlton.

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