Oracle alert log miner

This is a little C program that extracts lines from the Oracle alert log for a specified date (or date range). The lines extracted depend on the entries in a 'pattern' file. The following is the syntax and an example of a pattern file and a sample command. I hope the source code isn't too mangled by being pasted in here.

Syntax:

Options:

An example of a pattern file is as follows:

Example execution:

Here is the code:

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Peter O. writes: I have something similar to this program: My utility is written in Java and is thus smaller and portable. It's available at http://www.ondruska.com/alerts.htm. Source code is not available yet, but let me know if you want it.

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