[vdr] Re: -- MARK -- (maybe OT)

[ulf.gruene@uniserv.de]

> Hi to all,
> question of interest:
> Which process generates entries of the following kind

>From "man syslogd":
       -m interval
              The syslogd logs a mark timestamp  regularly.   The
              default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20
              minutes.  This can be  changed  with  this  option.
              Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely.

> 
> Mon DD HH:MM:SS hostname -- MARK --
> 
> in the /var/log/messages file ?
> What's the entry good for ?

This entry is interesting if you don't use a local /var/log/messages file
but send your syslog entries to a common syslog server. Because of the MARK
lines you can easily see if your machines are still alive.

> 
> Thank you fo any help,
> CR.

Ulf