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swatch-3.2.3p2

simple log monitoring program

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Description

Swatch started out as the "simple watchdog" for activly monitoring log files produced by UNIX's syslog facility. It has since been evolving into a utility that can monitor just about any type of log.

Package information

Ports path
security/swatch
Package architecture
*
Maintainer
Nigel Taylor <nigel@openbsd.org>
Categories
security, sysutils
Available flavors
None listed

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