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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





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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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