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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2018-03-23 14:04:13 +0100
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2018-03-24 14:19:03 +0100
commit752ce3967e4d7be1a98d06e4a293f6ef87f8dec5 (patch)
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parent4bb890bc04a6fd93e16eaafa72b0ad68c868a78c (diff)
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man: mention that oldest journal files are removed
Fixes #7225.
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diff --git a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
index dfff107e1f..d78aef3a63 100644
--- a/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-journald.service.xml
@@ -296,7 +296,12 @@ systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal</programlisting>
and the functions in the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-journal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
library should be able to read all entries that have been fully written.</para>
- </listitem>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-journald</filename> will automatically remove the oldest
+ archived journal files to limit disk use. See <varname>SystemMaxUse=</varname>
+ and related settings in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journald.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>