(RFNP = Request For New Package ;D)
I'd like to push "multitail" as a new package into factory, from
server:monitoring (I also linked it into utilities).
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multitail (server:monitoring) - SR 58826
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Multitail is basically a tail on steroids, a must-have in any
sysadmin's toolbox.
To quote upstream: "MultiTail lets you view one or multiple
files like the original tail program. The difference is that it
creates multiple windows on your console (with ncurses). It can
also monitor wildcards: if another file matching the wildcard
has a more recent modification date, it will automatically
switch to that file. That way you can, for example, monitor a
complete directory of files. Merging of 2 or even more logfiles
is possible. It can also use colors while displaying the
logfiles (through regular expressions), for faster recognition
of what is important and what not. It can also filter lines
(again with regular expressions). It has interactive menus for
editing given regular expressions and deleting and adding
windows. One can also have windows with the output of shell
scripts and other software. When viewing the output of external
software, MultiTail can mimic the functionality of tools like
'watch' and such."
First revision is 2010-02-14, although the package was
maintained in the Packman repository since a lot longer.
The project is in maintenance mode, with very few releases, but
still active nevertheless.
Bugtracker: n/a
Mailing-list: http://keetweej.vanheusden.com/multitail/
URL: http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/
License: GPLv2 or later
Dependencies:
* ncurses-devel
cheers
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-o) Pascal Bleser