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NAME
     logprn - merge Common-Log Format web logs based on time-stamps

SYNOPSIS
     logprn logfile idle-time[:max-wait] command

DESCRIPTION
     The  logprn  program  is designed to print new data that is appended to log
     files.  It will wait until a specified amount of time has elapsed since the
     last write to the file before printing the data.  It will print the data by
     pipeing it to a specified command.  The command will be run by popen(3)  so
     the  usual  shell commands will operate (whether this is a bug or a feature
     is a matter of opinion).

OPTIONS
     logfile
	    specifies a file to read data from.  It should be a regular file not
	    a pipe, device, or anything else.

     idle-time

     max-wait

     command

EXIT STATUS
     0 Never happens, this program will run forever.

     1 Bad command-line parameters or couldn't stat the log file  on  startup  -
     couldn't start the program.

     2 File disappeared or became unreadable at run-time.

     3 Can't run the specified command.

AUTHOR
     This  program, its manual page, and the Debian package were written by Rus-
     sell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>.

BUGS
     Uses popen (3) but I consider this a feature not a bug.

SEE ALSO
     popen(3)

Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>  0.06			       logprn(1)

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