journal-notify ============== **Notify about journal log entries** This runs in background and produces notifications whenever systemd journal logs an entry. Notifications look like this: ![Notification](screenshot.png) Requirements ------------ To compile and run `journal-notify` you need: * [libnotify](http://library.gnome.org/devel/notification-spec/) * [libsystemd](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/) * [markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) (HTML documentation) * `gnome-icon-theme` (or whatever includes the icons you want to use) To use `journal-notify` you probably want `systemd-journald`. Some systems may require additional development packages for the libraries. Look for `libnotify-devel`, `libsystemd-devel` or similar. Build and install ----------------- Building and installing is very easy. Just run: > make followed by: > make install This will place an executable at `/usr/bin/journal-notify`, documentation can be found in `/usr/share/doc/journal-notify/`. Usage ----- To use `journal-notify` you need access to the journal log files. Make sure you get the expexted log entries by running `journalctl`. Possibly you have to add yourself to group `systemd-journal` or similar. Just running `journal-notify` without parameter will show *all* log entries. Be warned: This can flood your disktop with notifications. `journal-notify` accepts some options: * *-e*: use extended regular expressions * *-h*: show help * *-i ICON*: icon to use * *-m MATCH*: This can be specified more than once. The option accepts matches to systemd journal fields. (see `man 7 systemd.journal-fields`) * *-n*: no case sensitive regular expressions * *-r REGEX*: This add a regular expression match for the message field. The screenshot shown above resulted from this command: > journal-notify -m SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=sshd -e -r "^(error:.\*|Accepted.\*)" -i security-high Additionally example desktop files are installed to `/usr/share/journal-notify/examples`. You should copy them to `~/.config/autostart/` to enable autostart or create your own desktop files there.