RE: GLUG: when did it went down ?

[Jan-Albert Venter <JAVenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One way is to edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/anyservice_you_want and stick a message
line under the stop command part. That way when the service is stopped
without restarting it will write the message whereever you want including
such things as the time or something. 
eg. cat date /var/log/lasttime 
Just make sure you pick a service script you always run :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Andrews [mailto:tandrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 August 2000 11:19
To: glug
Subject: Re: GLUG: when did it went down ?


You can also use logger to put messages into the syslog.

benico wrote:
> 
> uptime: no (It stayed off untill I put it on again).
> crond: (wasn't running then - it is now)
> syslog: I couldn't find any usefull activity in /var/log/*
> 
> Let me explain the situation in more detail:
> I logged out at 00h24:??
> somewhere in between then and 16h00 that afternoon ...
> little two year old fingers pushed some buttons ...
> ( a normal procedure followed on keybord buttons & all
> other sorts of buttons too )
> and I was just curious to know if the OS knew the time it was
> severed from its power supply :-)
> 
> Ive put in /etc/cron.5min/foobar a
> date >> /var/log/lastime
> with
> date > /var/log/lastime
> in /etc/cron.daily/foobar (to keep things to size)
> 
> but this seems so ... crude ?
> 
> --
> regards
> 
> Benico vd Westhuizen
> benicovdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ..........................
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