To Tail Directory Server Logs

You can use the dsadm command to display a specified number of lines of the Directory Server logs, or to display log entries younger than a specified age. This example tails the error log. To tail the access log, use show-access-log instead of show-error-log.

1. Display error log entries younger than a certain age.

   $ dsadm show-error-log -A duration instance-path

   You must specify a unit for the duration. For example, to display error log entries younger than 24 hours, type:

   $ dsadm show-error-log -A 24h /local/ds

2. Display a specified number of lines from the error log (starting from the end).

   $ dsadm show-error-log -L last-lines instance-path

   The number of lines is expressed as an integer. For example, to display the last 100 lines, type:

   $ dsadm show-error-log -L 100 /local/ds

   If you do not specify a value, the default number of lines displayed is 20.