> #### Log file monitor features

> Log file resource monitors have characteristics similar to other Fathom resource monitors. You define monitoring plans and rules for log file monitors just as you can for all resource monitors. You can also elect to use Fathom-supplied default values to create log file monitoring resources.

> Unlike other Fathom resource monitors, however, log file resource monitors have several unique qualities that you can use to define their monitoring capabilities, such as:

> - A bookmark feature — The bookmark feature helps ensure that log files are monitored unobtrusively and according to search criteria you define.
> See the "Using a bookmark" section for information about setting and working with bookmarks.

> - A search criteria feature — You specify search criteria in the log file monitor's rule properties and identify expressions that you can use to obtain specific information about log file contents.
> See the "Specifying search criteria" section for information about search criteria.

> - A library feature — The library feature allows you to define a collection of independently stored search criteria and rule sets that you can share (including by importing and exporting across different machines) among the log file monitors you create and maintain.
> See the "Associating rule sets with log file monitors" section for information about library features.

> For details about importing and exporting search criteria and log file rule sets, see Chapter 9, "Exporting and Importing in Fathom."

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