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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More systemdCrap
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:23:39 +0100
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On 2025-03-11 00:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:17:40 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-03-10 21:53, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't want not to log. Want to look at the logs, clear the problem and
>>> delete the debug log as its now enormous
>>
>> That's impossible to do, by intentional design.
> 
> <https://manpages.debian.org/journalctl(1)>:
> 
>      --rotate

Yes. This remove content from the end of the files. What you can not do 
is remove content from the middle of the files. Specifically remove some 
content and leave intact other content. This is forbidden in the design 
of the systemd journal, the developers refuse to do it.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.