This has been in Solaris for a long long time. Very useful when you have hardware/power problems and/or lose a disk because you can figure out at roughly what time things happened. Jer -----Original Message----- From: Ben Kochie [mailto:ben at nerp.net] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 11:58 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20969] -- MARK -- which is a new thing anyway.. i used to just trust syslog to stay running.. *sigh* welcome linux to the NT style of doing things. Thank You, Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Adam Maloney wrote: > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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