That's syslogd putting a placeholder in the logfile so you know it's still
running.

Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Sihope Communications

On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, 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?
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> -----------------------------
> |\/|ike at GetBent.net
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org
> 
> 


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org
For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org