NAME

xpylog - an xconsole-like syslog monitor on X11

SYNOPSIS

xpylog

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents xpylog, a realtime syslog monitor on X Window System. xpylog is a xconsole-like simple monotoring application with several additional features.

OPTIONS

None

REQUIREMENTS

xpylog obtains the syslog messges via the named pipe /dev/xconsole. Thus, the named pipe (FIFO (First-In First-Out)) /dev/xconsole must exist in /dev directory, and it must be readable by the user running xpylog program.

For instance, /etc/syslog.conf or /etc/rsyslog.conf must have been configured to send messages to /dev/xconsole as

daemon.*;mail.*;\
	news.err;\
	*.=debug;*.=info;\
	*.=notice;*.=warn	|/dev/xconsole

If /dev/xconsole does not exist, you can create the named pipe by

$ sudo mkfifo /dev/xconsole

Also, make sure /dev/xconsole is readable:

$ ls -al /dev/xconsole 
prw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Jul  5 23:34 /dev/xconsole|
$ id
uid=1000(ohsaki) ...,4(adm),...

INSTALLATION

$ pip3 install xpylog

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of ansiterm module is available at PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/xpylog/) .

SEE ALSO

xpywm(1), xconsole(1), rsyslog.conf(8)

AUTHOR

Hiroyuki Ohsaki <ohsaki[atmark]lsnl.jp>