[App_rpt-users] Strange /var/log behavior

[Bob Roszkowski]

OIC  This makes sense.  If I leave the system running for a day, it should
save the logs, right?  Is there a command to force write all logs to SD?


Sincerely,

boB - W5EVH

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com>
wrote:

> Bob,
> The current version of DIAL for the RPi has a simple log to RAM. It's
> purpose is to reduce the number of writes to the SD card. The log is not
> saved over a reboot.
>
> The release candidate for the RPi flushes the log to disk every hour and
> on reboot, along with a number of other improvements. The "Release
> Candidate" is available at <http://tinyurl.com/DIAL-RAT-RC1>
>
> 73, Steve N4IRS
>
>
> On 9/20/2016 1:19 PM, Bob Roszkowski wrote:
>
>> I've been playing around with DIAL on a RPi and noticed something
>> strange today.  If I create a dir or file in /var/log and reboot, it is
>> gone.
>>
>> Anyone else see this?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> boB - W5EVH
>>
>>
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