is there anyway within mystic to choose a specific file like say mis.log and tail it my default?? (all from the same line) ex. tail -n20 -f /mystic/logs/mis.log

without having to use something external??? so would not worry about lost connections killing screen etc..

Thanks

Michael2
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is there anyway within mystic to choose a specific file like say mis.log and tail it my default?? (all from the same line) ex. tail -n20 -f /mystic/logs/mis.log

Do you mean from within Mystic and show it to the screen while following like you wrote above? No way to do that.

Off the top of my head, one way would be to make a menu with a timer for sysop access and have it run an external command:
Menu Item:
Hot Key: TIMER
Exec Timer: 1 (1 second interval)
Timer Type: Every interval
Action List:
Command: DD (exec external command)
Data: "tail -n20 -f /xxx/xxx.log"

There are probably a few other ways that would work also.

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|04■ |08└|20|15─|16|08┘ |08:>.|10A|02gn |1046|08:|101|08/|10123|08.
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Data: "tail -n20 -f /xxx/xxx.log"

*Correction, remove the "-f" or it will lock up your menu

|20|15┌─|16|08┤ |08De|07ad|15be|07a|08tz b|07b|15s
|08└─┘├─┐ |08:>.|07A|08rk |0710|08:|07101|08/|0714|08.
|04■ |08└|20|15─|16|08┘ |08:>.|10A|02gn |1046|08:|101|08/|10123|08.
|04A|07n|15al|07o|08g |08:>.|12F|04sx |1221|08:|122|08/|12123|08. |15.|04p|07HENOM|15. |08:>.|15S|07ci |1577|08:|151|08/|15131|08. |04░▒░|08▒██▄▌|08:>.|11T|03qw |111337|08:|113|08/|1113|08.

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~ Mi> is there anyway within mystic to choose a specific file like say mis.log

and tail it my default?? (all from the same line) ex. tail -n20 -f /mystic/logs/mis.log

There is a log viewer in the configuration editor and also a menu command for it, but it doesn't tail the log.

without having to use something external??? so would not worry about lost connections killing screen etc..

I am not sure I understand exactly what your concerns are with using tail, can you help me better understand? I think you should be able to use tail if you want to using a door menu command. If a connection is dropped, Mystic should send a "SIGTERM" to the running subprocess as long as it was executed as a door.

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There is a log viewer in the configuration editor and also a menu
command for it, but it doesn't tail the log.

I am not sure I understand exactly what your concerns are with using
tail, can you help me better understand? I think you should be able to use tail if you want to using a door menu command. If a connection is dropped, Mystic should send a "SIGTERM" to the running subprocess as
long as it was executed as a door.

the reason to use tail, is to see what is currently happening with a file
the log file viewer, is cumbersome, you can not specify a file, so you have
to navigate to a file, then hit esc (not all terminals map that
correctly)then hit / to get to whats currently happening

I just want to be able see whats going on quickly

Michael2
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I am not sure I understand exactly what your concerns are with using tail, can you help me better understand? I think you should be able

the reason to use tail, is to see what is currently happening with a file the log file viewer, is cumbersome, you can not specify a file, so you have to navigate to a file, then hit esc (not all terminals map that correctly)then hit / to get to whats currently happening

I just want to be able see whats going on quickly

Thank you for the answer. I do understand how tail itself works, but what I
am trying to understand is what your concerns are with using it with Mystic's log. You should be able to use tail with Mystic's logs.

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Michael2 wrote to g00r00 <=-

the reason to use tail, is to see what is currently happening
with a file the log file viewer, is cumbersome, you can not
specify a file, so you have to navigate to a file, then hit esc
(not all terminals map that correctly)then hit / to get to whats
currently happening

I just want to be able see whats going on quickly

Assuming you're using Linux, with no GUI... just use the 'screen'
utility to run various terminals. One for Mystic, another for
tailing a log. You can switch back and forth between the screen
sessions at will.

Or, if you do have a GUI, just open multiple terminal windows and
do the above.



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Assuming you're using Linux, with no GUI... just use the 'screen'
utility to run various terminals. One for Mystic, another for
tailing a log. You can switch back and forth between the screen
sessions at will.

I was looking for a way to make it a bit easier - the bbs machine does
actually have a monitor, and I can toggle back & forth but, I was looking for something more on the go, and with my clumsy fingers, I wouldn't want to
forget which "screen" I was looking in, and close mis ..lol

right now, tailing the logfile seems to work the eaisest and least prone to
an oops, now to figure out how too tell what message areas are just came in
the mail (via log)

Michael

Michael2
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