Re: ITP: logmon -- Sometimes better tail

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Gürkan Sengün <sengun@phys.ethz.ch> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : logmon
>    Version         : 0.4.3
>    Upstream Author : Andrew MacKenzie <amackenz@edespot.com>
> * URL             : http://www.edespot.com/plaidhat/code/LogMon/
> * License         : The Artistic License
>    Description     : Sometimes better than tail
>   This program will monitor one or more log files, updating when more
>   data is available ala 'tail -f' , within a common terminal window via
>   a "split window". User can scroll up/down/left/right through all
>   the windows. A header displays each frames file name, and number
>   of lines in the file. Very useful when watching several log files
>   at the same time.

Isn't multitail already doing a great job for this?

If multitail is missing some logmon feature may I suggest improving it
instead of adding jet another tail program.

MfG
        Goswin