Linux Command Encyclopedia disk maintenance: Swatch

Function Description: http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13446.html "> System Monitor program.

Syntax: swatch [-A < separator character >][-c < settings file >][-f < record file >][-i < separator character >][-p < separator character >][-r < time >][-t < Record file

Supplemental Note: Swatch can be used to monitor system log files and perform specified actions when a particular event is found. The events monitored by Swatch and the actions of the corresponding events are stored in the Swatch configuration file. The preset profile is a. SWATCHRC that supports the root directory. However, there is no. SWATCHRC configuration file in the preset user root directory of Red Hat Linux, you can/usr/doc/swatch-2.2/config_files/ The swatchrc.personal file is copied to the. SWATCHRC in the user's root directory, and then modifies the events and actions to be monitored by the. swatchrc.

Parameters：
-a< separator character > preset profile, the separator character of the action, preset to a comma.
-C Settings File > Specify the configuration file, instead of using a preset configuration file.
-F Record File > Check the specified record file, and do not continue to monitor the record file after the inspection.
-I separator character > specifies the separator character for the input record, which is preset as a newline character.
-P Separator Character > specifies the delimiter character for the event in the configuration file, and the default is a comma.
-R time > reboot at specified time.
-t< Records files > checks the specified record files, and monitors subsequent records in the file being added to the record.