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.