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| author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-08-03 13:22:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2020-08-03 14:51:47 +0200 |
| commit | f254abcd72b6ca6c4567c245a7dbaf739d02dfc2 (patch) | |
| tree | bbe0bc89659e1b3e01625c80f071a0b64936b1a7 /man/journald.conf.xml | |
| parent | 18dbc899ff67ec16b6badcca58f439189c1b2edf (diff) | |
| download | systemd-f254abcd72b6ca6c4567c245a7dbaf739d02dfc2.tar.gz | |
man: describe that changing Storage= does not move existing data
Fixes #16384.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/journald.conf.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/journald.conf.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml index bfd359a903..d792ef7220 100644 --- a/man/journald.conf.xml +++ b/man/journald.conf.xml @@ -67,12 +67,18 @@ <literal>persistent</literal>, data will be stored preferably on disk, i.e. below the <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> hierarchy (which is created if needed), with a fallback to <filename>/run/log/journal</filename> (which is created if needed), during early boot and if the disk - is not writable. <literal>auto</literal> is similar to <literal>persistent</literal> but the - directory <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> is not created if needed, so that its existence - controls where log data goes. <literal>none</literal> turns off all storage, all log data received - will be dropped. Forwarding to other targets, such as the console, the kernel log buffer, or a syslog - socket will still work however. Defaults to <literal>auto</literal> in the default journal namespace, - and <literal>persistent</literal> in all others.</para></listitem> + is not writable. <literal>auto</literal> behaves like <literal>persistent</literal> if the + <filename>/var/log/journal</filename> directory exists, and <literal>volatile</literal> otherwise + (the existence of the directory controls the storage mode). <literal>none</literal> turns off all + storage, all log data received will be dropped (but forwarding to other targets, such as the console, + the kernel log buffer, or a syslog socket will still work). Defaults to <literal>auto</literal> in + the default journal namespace, and <literal>persistent</literal> in all others.</para> + + <para>Note that when this option is changed to <literal>volatile</literal>, existing persistent data + is not removed. In the other direction, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> with + the <option>--flush</option> option may be used to move volatile data to persistent storage.</para> + </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |