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NAME

xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

SYNOPSIS

xconsole [-toolkitoption ...] [-file file-name]
[-notify|-nonotify] [-daemon] [-verbose]
[-exitOnFail] [-stripNonprint] [-saveLines count]
xconsole -help
xconsole -version

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
device name. This does not work on regular files as they are
always ready to be read from.

-notify -nonotify
When new data are received from the console and the notify
option 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.

-stripNonprint
When set, this option directs xconsole to not include any
non-printable characters in the current locale in the
displayed 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 history).

-help This option indicates that xconsole should print a usage
message and exit.

-version
This option indicates that xconsole should print its version
and exit.

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 indicates 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
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

FILES

/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
specifies required resources

SEE ALSO

X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

AUTHOR

Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)

X Version 11 xconsole 1.1.0 XCONSOLE(1)