The mark messages occurr every 15 or 30 or 45 or 60 minutes or whenever you set them. They are used to show that syslog is still running and working; especially useful for network syslogs if you don't get a mark message from a remote host it might be unreachable. Regards, Kerry. On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:30:36AM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi: > > This is not evidence of a hack. I'm not real sure what the mark log > message means, but it's something that happens at a regular and settable > interval. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.eu.org Alternates: kerry at emusys.com.au kerry at gotss.spice.net.au or khoath at lis.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547
