What about just having a cron task moving it to say smon_log.bak and touching a new smon_log like once a week or month or whatever period that is suitable for your system. Cheers, Frits. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Dumond [mailto:mdumond@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2004 06:10 To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] Unpublished Tip: Sysmon Alarms to a log file I forgot to mention that this system monitor log file grows without = limit, so be careful that: A. you have got plenty of room on the /opt partition (df -k /opt) B. you should periodically monitor the size of this file and amount of = free space in the /opt partition. Mark -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] = On Behalf Of Mark Dumond Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:07 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Unpublished Tip: Sysmon Alarms to a log file I have run across an interesting yet unpublished feature of I/A, so I thought I would pass it on. Foxboro versions > 6.2 have a built in mechanism to log System Alarm messages to an ASCII file on the Sysmon host AW. Here is the procedure (perform on the sysmon host AW): 1. Create the directory /opt/fox/sysmgm/sysmon (do not confuse with /usr/fox/sysmgm/sysmon) 2. cd /opt/fox/sysmgm/sysmon 3. touch smon_log Any new System monitor alarms will now be appended to the smon_log file. = I have only tried it on AW51s, so I m unsure if this also works for AW70s. Cool, eh? I thought so. Mark Dumond Sr App Engineer FeedForward, Inc =20 =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at = your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html =20 foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Djoin to unsubscribe: = mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dleave =20 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is confidential and/or subject of legal privilege intended only for use by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this message in error and that any dissemination, copying or use of this message or attachment is strictly forbidden, as is the disclosure of the information therein. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave