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    <title>System Log Viewer Manual</title>

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      <para>System Log Viewer is a graphical user interface to view and monitor system log files.</para>
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    <revhistory>
           <revision lang="en"> 
		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V1.10</revnumber> 
		<date>July 2015</date> 
		<revdescription> 
	  		<para role="author" lang="en">Wolfgang Ulbrich
	  		</para>
	  		<para role="publisher" lang="en">MATE Documentation Project</para>
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            <revision lang="en"> 
		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.5</revnumber> 
		<date>October 2009</date> 
		<revdescription> 
	  		<para role="author" lang="en">Paul Cutler
	    		<email>pcutler@gnome.org</email>
	  		</para>
	  		<para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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      <revision lang="en"> 
		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.4</revnumber> 
		<date>October 2005</date> 
		<revdescription> 
	  		<para role="author" lang="en">Vincent Noel
	    		<email>vincent.noel@gmail.com</email>
	  		</para>
	  		<para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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      <revision lang="en"> 
		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.3</revnumber> 
		<date>October 2002</date> 
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	  		<para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team
	    		<email>gdocteam@sun.com</email>
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	  		<para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.2</revnumber> 
		<date>August 2002</date> 
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		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.1</revnumber> 
		<date>July 2002</date> 
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		<revnumber>System Log Viewer Manual V2.0</revnumber> 
		<date>May 2002</date> 
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      <revision lang="en"> 
		<revnumber>Logview Manual</revnumber> 
		<date>2000</date> 
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	  		<para role="author" lang="en">Judith Samson
	    		<email>judith@samsonsource.com</email>
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	  		<para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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    <releaseinfo lang="en">This manual describes version 1.10 of System Log Viewer.
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    <primary>System Log Viewer</primary> 
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  <sect1 id="syslog-introduction"> 
    <title>Introduction</title> 

      <para lang="en">
      <application>System Log Viewer</application> is a graphical, menu-driven
      viewer that you can use to view and monitor your system
      logs. <application>System Log Viewer</application> comes with a few functions that
      can help you manage your logs, including a log monitor and log statistics
      display.
      </para>

      <para lang="en">
      <application>System Log Viewer</application> is useful if you are new to system
      administration because it provides an easier, more user-friendly
      display of your logs than a
      text display of the log file. It is also useful for more
      experienced administrators, as it contains a monitor to enable you
      to continuously monitor crucial logs.
      </para>

      <warning><para><application>System Log Viewer</application> is useful only to those who have access to the system log files, which generally requires root access.</para></warning>

  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="syslog-getting-started">
    <title>Getting Started</title> 

    <para>You can start <application>System Log Viewer</application> in the following ways:</para> 
    <variablelist>
    	<varlistentry>
    		<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
    		<listitem>
    		<para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Log File Viewer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
    		</listitem>
    	</varlistentry>
    	<varlistentry>
    		<term>Command line</term>
    		<listitem>
    		<para>Type <command>mate-system-log</command>, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>
    		<para> 		 
    		</para> 
    		</listitem>
    	</varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>When you start <application>System Log Viewer</application>, the following window is displayed.</para>

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	      <phrase>Shows System Log Viewer main window. Contains menubar, display area, scrollbars, and statusbar. </phrase> 
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    <para>The first time you start <application>System Log Viewer</application>, the application displays several log files by default (such as <filename>/var/log/messages</filename>). Opened logs are listed on the left side of the application window. The log selected in this list is displayed in the main area of the application window.</para>

      <para>By default, <application>System Log Viewer</application> monitors every opened log, and any change appears automatically in the main window. See <xref linkend="syslog-monitor"/> for more information.</para>

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  <sect1 id="syslog-usage"> 
    <title>Usage</title>

    <sect2 id="syslog-open">
    	<title>To View a Log</title>
    	<para>To view a log, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. In the <guilabel>Open Log</guilabel> dialogue, select the log that you want to open, then click <guibutton>Open</guibutton>. Use the scrollbars to scroll through the log.</para>

        <para>You can open as many logs as you want. <application>System Log Viewer</application> displays one log at a time in the <guilabel>System Log Viewer</guilabel> window. Opened logs are listed on the left side of the application window. The log selected in this list is displayed in the main area of the application window. To display another log already opened in <application>System Log Viewer</application>, select it in the log list.</para>

        <para>Note that <application>System Log Viewer</application> also lets you open zipped logs (whole filenames end in ".gz").</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="syslog-selection">
    <title>To Copy Log Lines to the Clipboard</title>
    <para>To copy one or more log lines to the clipboard, just select the lines in the main area and choose the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu option. If you want to copy the entire log to the clipboard, select it entirely using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu option, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="syslog-hide-sidebar">
    <title>To Hide the Sidebar</title>
    <para>To hide the left sidebar, which contains the log list and calendar, just select the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu option.</para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="syslog-monitor">
    	<title>To Monitor Logs</title>
    	<para>You can use <application>System Log Viewer</application> to monitor logs. By default, all logs opened in <application>System Log Viewer</application> are monitored for changes. If new lines are added to a log monitored by <application>System Log Viewer</application>, the log name will appear in bold in the log list. If the log is currently displayed in the main area, the new lines will appear automatically at the end of the log and, after five seconds, the log name will turn back to normal in the list.</para>

    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="syslog-stats">
    	<title>To View Log Information</title>
    	<para>Log information are generally displayed in the status bar, including:</para> 
    	<itemizedlist>
    		<listitem><para>Number of lines in the log.</para>
    		</listitem>
    		<listitem><para>Size of the log in bytes.</para>
    		</listitem>
    		<listitem><para>Date the log was last modified.</para>
    		</listitem>
    	</itemizedlist> 
        <para>The status bar can be displayed or hidden using the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option.</para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="syslog-close">
    	<title>To Close a Log</title>
    	<para>To close a log, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="syslog-exit">
    	<title>To Exit System Log Viewer</title>
    	<para>To exit <application>System Log Viewer</application>, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
    </sect2>
 
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