Re: What is the --MARK-- ?

Harald Koenig (koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:40:42 +0100


On Feb 16, Matthew A Brodycz wrote:

> Jan 3 01:33:19 ServerX -- MARK --
> Jan 3 01:53:19 ServerX -- MARK --
>
>
> Heh, I understand the telnet daemon and logins, but what I cannot figure
> out is what the hell `--MARK--` < is?

RTFM: man syslogd:

-m interval
The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The
default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20
minutes. This can be changed with this option.

Harald

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