XCONSOLE(1)

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  evi-
               dent  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  struc-
       ture.   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_MAN-
               AGER property.

FILES
       <XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole - specifies required
       resources

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

AUTHOR
       Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)