Bug 974787 - RFE: journalctl commands to trim on-disk journal by date and size
Summary: RFE: journalctl commands to trim on-disk journal by date and size
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: systemd
Version: 19
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: systemd-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: systemd-RFE
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Reported: 2013-06-15 20:33 UTC by Matthew Miller
Modified: 2015-01-29 04:48 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-01-29 04:48:43 UTC
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Description Matthew Miller 2013-06-15 20:33:06 UTC
Occasionally, things go wrong on a system, and it's nice to be able to trim log information outside of the regular rotation policy. It would be useful if there were a journalctl command to force-discard persistent logs from before a certain time or down to a certain size.

As I understand it, the current often-suggested procedure is to remove log files manually. A journalctl command would be more elegant and less error-prone.

Comment 1 Lennart Poettering 2014-12-09 02:46:57 UTC
This has been implemented in systemd git now.

Comment 2 Matthew Miller 2014-12-09 03:48:36 UTC
Nice -- thanks!

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