On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 10:56 -0700, jim martin wrote: > Hi.. Anyone used swatch before? I follow the > instruction to run swatch process via the following > command. It will detect the interesting entries in > /var/log/messages and send email to me > > /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/swatch > --config-file=/var/log/swatchrc1 > --tail-file=/var/log/messages & > > However, I always found that the email stop sending > after a few days. When I go to ps -ef , the swatch > process is still listed there as below. I just need > to kill it and restart the command. The emsil will > start sending again. Why it stop ?? Anyone know ? > Any idea how to solve it? > > [root@watcher ~]# ps -ef | grep swatch > root 31442 1 0 Oct04 ? 00:00:00 > /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/swatch > --config-file=/var/log/swatchrc1 > --tail-file=/var/log/centrallog > root 31444 31442 0 Oct04 ? 00:00:00 > /usr/bin/perl /root/.swatch_script.31442 Does "after a few days" coincide with midnight or so on Saturday night when the log files get rotated? Paul.
