How to scan syslog hourly for event

[jgl99]

I neet to set up a script to check the syslog for at least one occurrance of an event on a hourly basis. If the event does not occur, I will send a message to the logger.

Syslog files can grow very large. Is there a better way then to grep for the event and verify the timestamp.

Can you open and close the file leaving pointers? Looking for a better way.

Thanks

 

[d3funct]

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