Realtime Monitoring of Syslog File by External Syslog Sever

Syslog Viewer's File Monitor feature is like Linux "tail -f" command. It's useful if you have an external syslog server running on your computer (e.g., NXLog) that writes syslog files, and you simply want to monitor them in real-time using Syslog Viewer.

Syslog Viewer opens the file, detects if any new syslog messages have been added and displays them. It also detects if the file gets rotated and opens the new written file (current file) to continue proper monitoring.

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To use file monitor:

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On the toolbar, click the File Monitor (tail -f) icon; an open file dialog box appears.

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Browse to and select the syslog file written by the third-party syslog server; Syslog Viewer now displays the syslog messages of the selected file.

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To stop the File Monitor, on the toolbar, click the Stop File Monitor icon.