On Feb 12, 2007, at 10:03 PM, Patrick B. O'Brien wrote:

> Let's say I'm vi'ing (viewig) my /home/listserv/listsev.log file.
>
> And an event occurs.
>
> Will that event get written to the *.log file when I exit out of  
> the log
> file?

You shouldn't edit an active log file. Instead, either more it or  
tail it. If you "tail -f" a log file, you will see it update before  
your eyes.