NAME

         Swatchdog::Throttle - Perl extension for throttling and thresholding in swatchdog(1)

SYNOPSIS

         use Swatchdog::Throttle;

         throttle(
                  extra_cuts => @array_of_regular_expressions,
                  hold_dhms => @DHMS,
                  key => 'log'|<regex>|<user defined>,
                  log_msg => <message>,
                  threshold => <n>,
                  time_from => 'realtime'|'timestamp',
                  time_regex => <regex>,
                 );

SWATCH SYNTAX

         throttle threshold=<n>,\
                  delay=<hours>:<minutes>:<seconds>,\
                  key=log|regex|<regex>

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

       E. Todd Atkins, todd.atkins@stanfordalumni.org

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), swatchdog(1).