XCONSOLE(1)        X Version 11 (Release 6.6)         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 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
          <XRoot>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XConsole - specifies required
          resources

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

     AUTHOR
          Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)


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