If you are a system administrator who has to keep up with various tasks via log files, a great way to quickly access them is via your browser bookmarks. I have found Internet Explorer to be the best for this (because most stuff is accessed via Windows networks for me), so here is what I do:
- Open IE and type in the network location of your log file, for example: file://servername/c$/logs/programlog.txt (note: c$ is a built-in hidden share available only to a Windows Domain Administrator).
- The log file contents should open in IE.
- Add this location to your favorites.
- Repeat 1-3 for all your log files.
- Go to the Organize Favorites section in IE.
- Create a new favorites folder and place all your log bookmarks in them.
- Now when you open your favorites, you can click on the “folder arrow” to open all your log files in separate tabs at once.
This is a great time saver for open several log files at once without having to navigating to each on or remote connecting to the server.
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