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diff --git a/docs/var-log/README b/docs/var-log/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5c6c592 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/var-log/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +You are looking for the traditional text log files in /var/log, and they are +gone? + +Here's an explanation on what's going on: + +You are running a systemd-based OS where traditional syslog has been replaced +with the Journal. The journal stores the same (and more) information as classic +syslog. To make use of the journal and access the collected log data simply +invoke "journalctl", which will output the logs in the identical text-based +format the syslog files in /var/log used to be. For further details, please +refer to journalctl(1). + +Alternatively, consider installing one of the traditional syslog +implementations available for your distribution, which will generate the +classic log files for you. Syslog implementations such as syslog-ng or rsyslog +may be installed side-by-side with the journal and will continue to function +the way they always did. + +Thank you! + +Further reading: + man:journalctl(1) + man:systemd-journald.service(8) + man:journald.conf(5) + http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-journal.html diff --git a/docs/var-log/meson.build b/docs/var-log/meson.build new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba79577 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/var-log/meson.build @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later + +if conf.get('HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT') == 1 and get_option('create-log-dirs') + install_data('README', + install_dir : '/var/log') +endif |