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<title>&app; Manual</title>
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<para>System Log Viewer is a graphical user interface to view and monitor
system log files.</para>
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<sect1 id="syslog-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<application>&app;</application> is a graphical, menu-driven
viewer that you can use to view and monitor your system
logs. <application>&app;</application> comes with a few functions that
can help you manage your logs, including a log monitor and log statistics
display.
</para>
<para>
<application>&app;</application> is useful if you are new to system
administration because it provides an easier, more user-friendly
display of your logs than a
text display of the log file. It is also useful for more
experienced administrators, as it contains a monitor to enable you
to continuously monitor crucial logs.
</para>
<warning><para><application>&app;</application> is useful only to those
who have access to the system log files, which generally requires root
access.</para></warning>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="syslog-getting-started">
<title>Getting Started</title>
<para>You can start <application>&app;</application> in the following ways:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
<listitem>
<para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Log File Viewer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Command line</term>
<listitem>
<para>Type <command>mate-system-log</command>, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>
<para>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>When you start <application>&app;</application>, the following window is displayed.</para>
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<para>The first time you start <application>&app;</application>, the application
displays several log files by default (such as
<filename>/var/log/messages</filename>).
Opened logs are listed on the left side of the
application window. The log selected in this list is displayed in the
main area of the application window.
</para>
<para>By default, <application>&app;</application>
monitors every opened log, and any change appears automatically in the
main window. See <xref linkend="syslog-monitor"/> for more information.</para>
</sect1>
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<sect1 id="syslog-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<sect2 id="syslog-open">
<title>To View a Log</title>
<para>To view a log, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
In the <guilabel>Open Log</guilabel> dialog, select the
log that you want to open, then click
<guibutton>Open</guibutton>. Use the scrollbars to scroll through the
log.</para>
<para>You can open as many logs as you
want. <application>&app;</application> displays one log at a time in
the <guilabel>System Log Viewer</guilabel> window. Opened logs are listed on the left side of the
application window. The log selected in this list is displayed in the
main area of the application window. To display another log
already opened in <application>&app;</application>, select it in the
log list.</para>
<para>Note that <application>&app;</application> also lets you open
zipped logs (whole filenames end in ".gz").</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-selection">
<title>To Copy Log Lines to the Clipboard</title>
<para>To copy one or more log lines to the clipboard, just select the lines in
the main area and choose the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
menu option.
If you want to copy the entire log to the clipboard, select it entirely
using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select
All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu option, then choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-hide-sidebar">
<title>To Hide the Sidebar</title>
<para>To hide the left sidebar, which contains the log list and calendar,
just select the
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
menu option.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-monitor">
<title>To Monitor Logs</title>
<para>You can use <application>&app;</application> to monitor
logs. By default, all logs opened in <application>&app;</application>
are monitored for changes. If new lines are added to a log monitored
by <application>&app;</application>, the log name will appear in bold in
the log list. If the log is currently displayed in the main area, the
new lines will appear automatically at the end of the log and, after five
seconds, the log name will turn back to normal in the list.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-stats">
<title>To View Log Information</title>
<para>Log information are generally displayed in the status bar,
including :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Number of lines in the log.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Size of the log in bytes.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Date the log was last modified.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The status bar can be displayed or hidden using the
<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
option.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-close">
<title>To Close a Log</title>
<para>To close a log, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="syslog-exit">
<title>To Exit &app;</title>
<para>To exit <application>&app;</application>, choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>
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