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  The size of the log (file size) is determined by your uptime (how long your system has been creating log entries).  Logging configuration determines **maximum** size.
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  \\ Clicking on the **Scroll to bottom** link will cause the window display to scroll to the last log entry.
-By default, log contents are shown formatted in HTML (see above screenshot). Some content is color-coded, to indicate types of log entries, like errors, warnings and so on.
+By default, logs are shown formatted in HTML (see above screenshot). Some content is color-coded, to indicate types of log entries, such as errors, or warnings.
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 Clicking on one of the **Trim to last x entries **links will display only the last x number of entries.
-Logs can be displayed as plain text by clicking on any of the **(RAW)** links. Clicking one of these links will display log content trimmed to the last x entries, where x represents the number of log entry lines.
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-The **Filter level** dropdown narrows your view to only the message type(s) you specify. For example, choosing //Warning// will display only Warning messages. To find something more specific, type your search term in the **Find in Syslog** box. Only log content including that text will be shown. Words that match your entry will be highlighted in yellow.
+Logs can be displayed in plain text by clicking on any of the **(RAW)** links. Doing so will display log content trimmed to the last x entries, where x is the number of log entry lines.
-If you click any line in the log displayed in HTML, an orange box to the left of **Refresh Every** appears, stating: "Highlighted row copied to clipboard". This is useful when searching the Web for the event, or when requesting help somewhere on the Tomato or other forums.
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+The **Filter level** dropdown narrows your view to only the message types you specify. For example, choosing //Warning// will display only Warning messages. To find something more specific, type your search term in the **Find in Syslog** box. Only log content including that text will be shown. Words that match your entry will be highlighted in yellow.
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+Clicking any line in the HTML log display will copy the highlighted row to the clipboard. An orange box beside **Refresh Every** will appear, stating: "Highlighted row copied to clipboard". This is useful when searching the Web for the event, or when requesting help somewhere on the Tomato or other forums.
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 You can **download** the log to your local device. The saved log will be in plain text format.
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 **Logging Configuration: **This takes you to the [[admin-log|Logging]]// //menu, where you can can configure logging and Web Monitoring settings.
-Consider logging to USB storage or other permanent media. Doing so has certain benefits.
+Consider logging to USB storage or other permanent media. Doing so has many benefits, such as helping to pinpoint where problems arose in time.
-The value chosen in the **Refresh Every** dropdown specifies how often FreshTomato refreshes the main Logs screen. The default setting is once every second. Clicking on **Refresh** forces a display refresh, even between automatic refresh periods.
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+The value chosen in **Refresh Every** specifies how often FreshTomato refreshes the main Logs screen. The default is once per second. Clicking **Refresh** forces a display refresh, even between automatic refresh periods.
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 Clicking **Stop** pauses the display of new Log entries. New entries won't be displayed until you click **Refresh** again.
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