#5 Unable to echo to file

[Anonymous]

I appreciate any help on this.

I installed Swatch on Solaris 8 and it seems to be
echoing the output as desired on the command line.
However, when I setup the rc file to send outputs to a
file it would not do it.

Config file:

watchfor /10.2.2.2/
echo
exec echo $0 >> /tmp/swtest.log

I run swatch using the syntax:

swatch --config-file=swatchrc.test --use-cpan-file-tail -
-tail-file=/var/log/logfile

I only get the output "//.swatch_script.16050" on the
swtest.log file.

Am I missing something.

Thanks
Srikanth
nsrikanth@hotmail.com

[irina]

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you need to use very poorly documented option
"--awk-field-syntax"
for exec/pipe to work with $0 or $*. or you can modify
convert_command in swatch do not use this switch.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Try workaround (for v. 3.1.1 at least):

watchfor /10.2.2.2/
echo
pipe cat >> /tmp/swtest.log

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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You need to use the $_ to echo the actual message

stefan@emg.za.net