Re: Is it possible to monitor VTs via ssh?

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 28/09/12 16:20, craig@gtek.biz wrote:
> Good morning,  When I ssh into a remote system, I am able to see what is happening on VT2 by entering the command 'cat /dev/vcs2'. I tried using tail -f to get a continuous output of the console, but it fails to ever update. Is it possible to watch another VT in real time over ssh?  Thanks, Craig
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> What I am trying to do is monitor logs on a remote system. I have the log entries going
> to the log files as well as VT2. If I ssh into the machine and tail -f the system log,
> it quits updating when the log is rotated. So I figured if I could watch the second
> console in real time I would be able to see the same thing without interruption when
> the log file rotates. Is this possible? Is there a better way to do it?

Try "tail --follow=mylogfile", this will followed the currently named 
"mylogfile" even if the old file is renamed and a new one opened, rather 
than following the old file which -f does.

Also the "-F" option will do similar, but won't fail if the file is 
inaccessible for a while.

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Dom