ABOUT FIDO
Fido is a multi-threaded file watch utility. It can be configured to look for multiple things inside multiple files. When it matches a user-defined pattern, fido runs a user-defined command. This program was originally designed to pro-actively locate out of memory errors in Tomcat and Jboss. When it found one, it issued an alert. It essentially tailed catalina.out looking for this exception:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.
When the pattern was located, it sent me a text message. But fido was so useful its flexibility was enhanced so that it can serve a variety of functions for many different people.
PLATFORM SUPPORT
Fido was written for RedHat Enterprise Linux but it should run in all Linux flavors. The source bundle contains RedHat init.d scripts for your convenience. This software was not tested on other platforms but it was coded to POSIX 1003.1 standards.
NEWS & RELEASE INFORMATION
FIDO-1.0.5 Jan 25 18:06:08 EST 2012 – This is the first public release.
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