[Novalug] Fwd: Re: Trouble-shooting system crash
Jon LaBadie
novalugml@jgcomp.com
Sat Aug 23 16:38:01 EDT 2014
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 04:23:57PM -0400, Charles R. Head via Novalug wrote:
> *Jon,*
>
> O.K. I Googled "pager" and found my answer. However, I still don't know
> how to open a log with a pager. Can you help with that.
>
> *Charlie Head*
By the below quote,
> >Most applications log their messages via the syslog facility (rsyslogd(8)).
> >They are saved in /var/log/messages and can be read with a pager.
I meant to imply they were simply text files. However you look at a
text file will work, cat(1), vi(1), more(1), less(1), etc. If the
log has been compressed with gzip (ex. /var/log/messages-20140615.gz)
use the "z" variants, zcat(1), zless(1) ...
Jon
>
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Trouble-shooting system crash
> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:17:50 -0400
> From: Charles R. Head <CharlesRHead@Netscape.Net>
> Reply-To: CharlesRHead@Netscape.Net
> To: novalug@firemountain.net
>
>
>
> *Jon,*
>
> What is the "pager" that you refer to below (to read logs with)? Where do I
> go to start one?
> *
> **Charlie Head*
>
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> On 8/23/2014 4:03 PM, Jon LaBadie via Novalug wrote:
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