[App_rpt-users] Strange /var/log behavior

[Steve Zingman]

It could be done. I'll consider it for the next release.

On 9/20/2016 1:52 PM, Bob Roszkowski wrote:
> What about saving logs to a USB Flash drive?
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> boB - W5EVH
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com
> <mailto:szingman at msgstor.com>> wrote:
>
>     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>
>         <mailto: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>
>             <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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