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MkConsole - 1.10

displays logfiles on the desktop

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Version 1.10:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	1.10
Release Date:	2007-08-01
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.10):	1,531
Downloads (all versions):	7,781

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Product Description:

This is a little application that displays logfiles on your desktop. Really useful if you have to monitor servers or you just want to keep an eye on what's going on on your machine. In its standard configuration it displays entries from any number of logfiles interleaved in a single window. It is smart enough to close and reopen files every now and then to deal with rotating files and it transparently works around stale NFS handles which often exist after your Mac wakes up from sleep and tries to read from a logfile mounted via NFS. If you don't mind hacking the user defaults (rather than using the preferences panel) you can also configure multiple windows with multiple logifiles each.

What's new in this version:

Disconnected screens no longer leave logfile windows invisible, but instead such windows will be moved to a visible part of the remaining screen(s). In case the network configuration changes (i.e. via selecting a different location), logfiles are being reopened. Finally, there's a new default for suppressing alert windows which pop up in case logfiles couldn't be opened (which might happen after network disconnects).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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Permissions in Leo - Version: 1.10, 6/25/2008 05:21PM PST

sevenup

If you run most of the time on Leopard as non-admin neither Geektool or MKconsole can show you /var/log/system.log because of lack of permissions. Somehow Console.app manages to in "Log Database Queries" but NOT directly. Is any of this registering with anyone? I am torn between thinking you should not have routine access to system.log as a regular user, but I also need to see it, so for convenience I would like to solve this.

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Permissions in Leo

Super Duper Excellent! - Version: 1.8, 2/24/2005 10:56AM PST

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jaanOne

Thank you very much for this innovative way of having the logfiles right there where I need them!!

Very usefull... - Version: 1.6, 1/24/2004 03:11PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Piotr Chylinski

especially when something is going wrong and you need to know what's happening under the GUI skin.