This easy. Just type logger on the command line and your message will be added to the end of the /var/log/syslog file. $ logger comment to be added to log $ tail -1 /vvar/log/syslog May 21 18:02:16 ...

If you write as many scripts as I do to monitor services and check the status of various processes that run on your servers, you might like knowing that having those scripts sending you email is not ...

DISM is a useful utility. In addition to repairing corrupted system image files, you can also use the DISM tool for other purposes, like installing, uninstalling, updating, and configuring Windows ...

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder structure with logging. Originally I made a small script calling robocopy and that worked quite ...

A friend, and several of her colleagues, believe that a student cheated on a prelim exam: her answers are world class, her previous work has sucked. The prelim is administered by having the person sit ...

Windows Update uses Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to generate diagnostic logs in Windows 11/10, and save them in the .etl file format. The reason why this has been done is that it reduces disk space ...

It's easy to create a custom logging framework to log your .Net application's errors and events to a flat file, a database, or the event log You will often want to log events or errors as they occur ...