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The files are displayed in an X Window allowing the user to scroll
back through the last 500 lines. Like in tail -f
, the
filename is displayed above the text. The list of files to be watched
can be changed in the preferences dialog and is written to the
configuration file when you select Save Options from the Options menu.
To save screen space, the menubar can be switched off. Most menu items can be accessed with the right mouse button menu.
The files to watch can be selected in two ways:
Of course, you can also edit the configuration file by hand :-)
The list of files to be watched is saved together with the other options.
Many of these items are found in the right mouse button menu under the same name.
Closes all files and opens them again. Useful if some cron job rotated log files.
Exits Kwatch.
Turns the menubar on and off.
Show the date together with the file name.
Opens the preferences dialog.
Saves options (file list, fonts, colours, window properties) to the user's configuration file.
Displays this help file.
Displays information about Kwatch.
Displays information about KDE.
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