--- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > Sorry No. Should I add a "nohup" in frout of the "/usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/swatch --config-file=/var/log/swatchrc1 --tail-file=/var/log/messages &" to solve this issue ? #nohup /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/swatch --config-file=/var/log/swatchrc1 --tail-file=/var/log/messages & __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
