On 2016-03-03 17:04, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 03/03/2016 06:33 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Exactly. Mine is big:
And how does that compare to a text based repository containing the same information? Recall, /var/log/mesages is already filtered since it ONLY logs syslog protocol messages.
No, I'm considering all logged entries, not only syslog protocol messages. Actually, replicated: Telcontar:~ # ls -lh /var/log/allmessages* -rw-r----- 1 root root 7.1M Mar 3 17:06 /var/log/allmessages -rw-r----- 1 root root 1.1M Feb 14 22:15 /var/log/allmessages-20160214.xz -rw-r----- 1 root root 787K Feb 16 22:15 /var/log/allmessages-20160216.xz -rw-r----- 1 root root 2.8M Feb 26 09:15 /var/log/allmessages-20160226.xz -rw-r----- 1 root root 1.1M Feb 28 13:00 /var/log/allmessages-20160228.xz -rw-r----- 1 root root 1.1M Mar 1 22:15 /var/log/allmessages-20160301.xz -rw-r----- 1 root root 9.0M Dec 12 2014 /var/log/allmessages~ Telcontar:~ # Those are the entire logs of all things for about two weeks. The journal for 6 days takes 300 MB. My case rests, your honour ;-) :-p -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)