XCONSOLE(1)                     X11 R4.11MU05                    XCONSOLE(1)


NAME
       xconsole - monitor system console messages

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.

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 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
       /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole - specifies required resources

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
       See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)


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