[App_rpt-users] Strange /var/log behavior

[Steve Zingman]

remove from /etc/fstab

none /var/log tmpfs size=50M,noatime 0 0

reboot. System will now log to disk.

73, Steve N4IRS

On 9/20/2016 1:39 PM, Bob Roszkowski wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>     <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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