man syslogd
-m interval
The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The
default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20
minutes. This can be changed with this option.
Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely.
Tim
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:32:42PM -0500, Mike Nielsen wrote:
> Hey all. I can't help but notice in my /var/log/messages file
> I get an entry that reads -- MARK -- evey 20 minutes on the nose.
>
> I'm running Slackware 7.0. And get this on a 2.2.x kernel or a 2.4
>
> Any idea what that means?
>
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