monitor stop

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monitor stop—Stop monitoring a file on the local device. When a file is monitored, any logging information is displayed on the console as it is added to the file.

Command Syntax

monitor stop filename

Options

File To Monitor: filename
Name of the file to monitor.

Output Fields

The output fields are self-explanatory.

Example Output

Start and stop monitoring a file, and view the files that are being monitored:

vEdge# monitor start /var/log/vsyslog
vEdge# show jobs
JOB COMMAND
1   monitor start /var/log/vsyslog
vEdge# log:local7.notice: Dec 16 14:55:26 vsmart SYSMGR[219]: %Viptela-vsmart-SYSMGR-5-NTCE-200025: System clock set to Wed Dec 16 14:55:26 2015  (timezone 'America/Los_Angeles') 
log:local7.notice: Dec 16 14:55:27 vsmart SYSMGR[219]: %Viptela-vsmart-SYSMGR-5-NTCE-200025: System clock set to Wed Dec 16 14:55:27 2015  (timezone 'America/Los_Angeles') 

vEdge# monitor stop /var/log/vsyslog
vEdge#

Release Information

Command introduced in Viptela Software Release 15.4.

Additional Information

job stop
monitor start
show jobs