


XCONSOLE(1)					      XCONSOLE(1)


NAME
       xconsole - monitor system console messages with X

SYNOPSIS
       xconsole[-toolkitoption	...]  [-file file-name] [-notify]
       [-stripNonprint] [-daemon] [-verbose] [-exitOnFail]

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  evi
	       dent  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.

X DEFAULTS
       This  program  uses  the	 Athena	 Text widget, look in the
       Athena Widget Set documentation for controlling it.

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  struc
       ture.   The  widget class name is given first, followed by
       the widget instance name.

       XConsole	 xconsole
	    XConsole  text



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XCONSOLE(1)					      XCONSOLE(1)


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_MAN
	       AGER property.

FILES
       <XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole - specifies required
       resources

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

AUTHOR
       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)








































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