Re: Using old (not systemd) system logs

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Kris Deugau (HE12025-12-12):
> # head /var/log/journal/[identifier]/system.journal
> [binary gibberish snipped]
> 
> That's....  not plain text.

I never said it was.

> # file /var/log/*log
> /var/log/alternatives.log: empty
> /var/log/auth.log:         ASCII text
> /var/log/boot.log:         empty
> /var/log/daemon.log:       ASCII text
> /var/log/dpkg.log:         ASCII text
> /var/log/fontconfig.log:   ASCII text
> /var/log/kern.log:         ASCII text
> /var/log/mail.log:         ASCII text, with very long lines (361)
> /var/log/syslog:           ASCII text, with very long lines (346)
> /var/log/user.log:         ASCII text, with very long lines (302)
> 
> ... but none of these are produced *by journald*.

Changing the goalposts much? The question was “on a system with
systemd”, not “produced by journald”.

-- 
  Nicolas George