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XCONSOLE(1)                                                                                      XCONSOLE(1)



NAME
       xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

SYNOPSIS
       xconsole  [-toolkitoption  ...]  [-file  file-name]  [-notify]  [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose]
       [-exitOnFail]

DESCRIPTION
       The xconsole program displays messages which are usually sent to /dev/console.

OPTIONS
       Xconsole accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options
       listed below:

       -file file-name
               To monitor some other device, use this option to specify the device name.  This does not work
               on regular files as they are always ready to be read from.

       -notify -nonotify
               When new data are received from the console and the notify option is set, the  icon  name  of
               the  application has " *" appended, so that it is evident even when the application is iconi-fied. iconified.
               fied.  -notify is the default.

       -daemon This option causes xconsole to place itself in the background, using fork/exit.

       -verbose
               When set, this option directs xconsole to display an informative message in the first line of
               the text buffer.

       -exitOnFail
               When set, this option directs xconsole to exit when it is unable to redirect the console out-put. output.
               put.

       -saveLines count
               When set, xconsole only preserves count lines of message history instead of growing the  text
               buffer  without  bound (a count of zero - the default - is treated as placing no limit on the
               history).

X DEFAULTS
       This program uses the Athena Text widget, look in the Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling
       it.

       Xconsole otherwise accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options (without the lead-ing leading
       ing dash).  "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an integer, and the remaining options are  booleans.

WIDGETS
       In  order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of the widgets which compose xcon-sole. xconsole.
       sole.  In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is
       given first, followed by the widget instance name.

       XConsole  xconsole
            XConsole  text


ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to  get  the  name  of  a  resource  file  that  overrides the global resources stored in the
               RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

FILES
       /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
              specifies required resources

SEE ALSO
       X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

AUTHOR
       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)



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