XCONSOLE(1) General Commands Manual XCONSOLE(1)
NAME
xconsole - monitor system console messages with X
SYNOPSIS
xconsole [-toolkitoption ...] [-file file-name] [-notify] [-stripNon-
print] [-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 de-
vice name. This does not work on regular files as they are al-
ways ready to be read from.
-notify -nonotify
When new data are received from the console and the notify op-
tion is set, the icon name of the application has " *" appended,
so that it is evident even when the application is iconified.
-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 output.
-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 his-
tory).
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 leading 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 xconsole. In the notation below, indentation in-
dicates 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 re-
sources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
FILES
/etc/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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