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 evident 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.

       -saveLines count
               When set, xconsole only preserves count lines of message history  instead  of  growing  the  text
               buffer  without  bound  (a  count  of  zero - the default - is treated as placing no limit on the
               history).

X DEFAULTS

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

       Xconsole otherwise accepts resources of the same names as the command-line options (without  the  leading
       dash).  "file" is a string type, "saveLines" an integer, and the remaining options are booleans.

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

       XConsole  xconsole
            XConsole  text

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_MANAGER property.

FILES

       /etc/X11/app-defaults/XConsole
              specifies required resources

SEE ALSO

       X(7), xrdb(1), Athena Text widget

AUTHOR

       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)

X Version 11                                     xconsole 1.0.8                                      XCONSOLE(1)