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 reg-
ular 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 applica-
tion 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 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_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)