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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 17:04:49 +1030

Re: -- MARK --

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 09:34:56AM +1030, nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au wrote:

 > I enabled the "mark" feature of syslogd a while ago, just out of interest.
 > It appears I configured it to MARK my /var/log/messages log file every 30
 > minutes.
 > Is it bad if there are missing MARKs?
 
No.  The idea behind a mark is to make sure there is at least one syslog
message per "n" minutes to aid in narrowing down the time of a crash in the
event of a system failure.

If something else has logged a message inside the "n" minute period, there
is no need to leave the mark.

   - mark

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