log2mail runs as a daemon matching patterns in files and sending mail if a match occurs
log2mail [−N] [−R] [−l] [−f config-file]
log2mail −V
log2mail −h
log2mail is configured by a config file (see below). It matches each line added to a given file against patterns for this file and sends mail to a named recepient, if the pattern matches. Because of limitations to the select()-system call, log2mail scans files every second. Log2mail waits a number of seconds before it’ll send a message, and if this specific pattern is matched again, it waits another number of seconds, specified like the first one in the config file.
log2mail runs as a daemon (if started without the -N option, see below). In daemon mode, log2mail logs using the syslog DAEMON facility (/var/log/daemon.log in Debian).
-h |
display a short help and exit |
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-V |
display version information and exit |
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-N |
do not fork into background, log to STDERR |
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-l |
write a log entry for every mail message sent |
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-R |
read directory recursive in config dir |
-f config-file
use config-file instead of the default /etc/log2mail.conf. You may specify a directory instead of a file: All files in the directory will be read (without reasonable exceptions, see source). See log2mail.conf(5) for a description of the format.
/etc/log2mail.conf
a message template file
To increase the amount of information printed by log2mail, compile with the DEBUG option (see source code).
Michael Krax <mk-log2mail AT krax DOT net>
regex (7), log2mail.conf (5)