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diff --git a/lib/plugins/abrt-KerneloopsScanner.7 b/lib/plugins/abrt-KerneloopsScanner.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ff094847 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/plugins/abrt-KerneloopsScanner.7 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH abrt "7" "1 Jun 2009" "" +.SH NAME +KerneloopsScanner plugin for abrt(8) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.P +.I abrt +is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, +it collects the crash data and takes action according to +its configuration. This manual page describes the \fIKerneloopsScanner\fP +plugin for \fIabrt\fP. +.P +This plugin reads the system log file (default /var/log/messages) +and stores the kernel oops crashes, which were not already +reported, to abrt's debug dump directory. +.P +To distinguish between new crashes and crashes +that were already reported, the plugin makes its own entry +in the log file, which acts as a separator. +.SH INVOCATION +The plugin is invoked in the \fIabrt.conf\fP configuration file. +No parameters are necessary. +.SH CONFIGURATION +The \fIKerneloopsScanner.conf\fP configuration file contains one entry: +.SS SysLogFile +The file to scan. The default is +.br +SysLogFile = /var/log/messages +.SH EXAMPLES +.P +This is a snippet from the \fIabrt.conf\fP configuration file. +Every 10 seconds look if there were any kernel crashes: +.P +[common] +.br +ActionsAndReporters = Kerneloops, KerneloopsScanner +.br +[cron] +.br +10 = KerneloopsScanner +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR abrt (8), +.IR abrt.conf (5), +.IR abrt-plugins (7) +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>. Manual +page by Daniel Novotny <dnovotny@redhat.com>. |