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Flasher monitors changes to one or more files, and indicates the
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number of writes to these files by briefly flashing a console LED
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once for each write. The flashing sequence is repeated, after a
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brief pause, until the files have been read. As the files are
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subsequently read, the number of LED flashes is reduced. When all
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monitored files have been read, the console LED will be disabled.
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The most obvious use is to monitor specific system log or mail files.
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Multiple LEDs can be used. Each possible LED (-c, -n or -s) takes
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a list of colon-separated file arguments. For example, when invoked
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as:
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# ./flasher -s /var/log/messages:/var/mail/root
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the Scroll Lock LED will flash once for each write made to either
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of these files, until the files are read. When /var/log/messages
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has been read, the Scroll Lock LED will continue to flash once for
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each write that has been made to /var/mail/root, until it also has
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been read.
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The list of files can include files that don't yet exist.
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WWW: http://www.unixporting.com/downloads/flasher/
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- Murray Nesbitt
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murray@unixporting.com
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