---
name: "flogtool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-foolscap"
version: "24.9.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/flogtool"
---

# flogtool(1)

foolscap log tool

## NAME

**flogtool - foolscap log tool**

## SYNOPSIS

```
flogtool (tail|create-gatherer|dump|filter|web-viewer)
```

## DESCRIPTION

**flogtool is an interface to the logging capabilities in the** **python-foolscap package.**

**The available options are described below.**

## OPTIONS

- **tail**

  **follow logs of the target node**

- **create-gatherer**

  **Make a .tac file which will record all logs to a given directory.**

- **create-incident-gatherer**

  **Make a .tac file which will record all incidents to a given directory**

- **dump**

  **Dump the logs recorded by 'flogtool gather'.**

- **filter**

  **Produce a new file with a subset of the events from another file.**

- **web-viewer**

  **View the logs through a web page.**

## AUTHOR

**flogtool is a tool that ships with foolscap, created by** **Brian Warner.**

**This manual page was written by Stephan Peijnik \<debian@sp.or.at\>,** **for the Debian project (but may be used by others).**