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Re: output of var/log/messages on the terminal
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:54:01 -0600
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On 12/10/2011 1:49 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
> gys,
>  how can i send the  /var/log/messages on a designated terminal?
>  i remember some many years ago i saw on of SAs having messages file 
> to 11 or 10 terminal from the moment machine booted. The gain - they 
> just switch to it instead of typing "tail ....".
>
> Hope makes sence and thank you in advance.
> Andrew
I don't practice this myself, but I suspect an entry in /etc/inittab 
like this would suffice:
tty11::respawn:/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages

-Mark

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