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  From: Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:40:46 +1030

Re: -- MARK --

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.

This is configurable.  See sysklogd(8).

> Is it bad if there are missing MARKs?

That depends.  Are you getting any "last message repeated x times"
messages as well?

> There's an extract of a 'cat /var/log/messages | grep MARK'.

Look closer.


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Regards,
  Daryl Tester,  Software Wrangler and Bit Herder, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.

"MS Linux is released under the provisions of the Gates Private License, which
 means you can freely use this Software on a single machine without warranty
 after having paid the purchase price and annual renewal fees." -- mslinux.org

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