mouzzampk Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Hi, is it possible to clear the Syslog entries like last few? Thank you Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 See the following screenshot from the GUI: Once you have gotten filtered out the lines you don't want, you can print it out. I doubt if a request was made to actually stop adding these lines into the syslog, I would not think such a request would even be considered. The Developers and Gurus (who assist folks on the forum) often use those entries to figure out what is going. Occasionally, there are some errors that introduce so many error messages that finding another problem becomes difficult because of all the 'noise'. That usually requires addressing the 'noise' problem not hiding it! Remember that messages that some process or device has started successfully is often useful when troubleshooting... Quote Link to comment
mouzzampk Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Frank1940 said: See the following screenshot from the GUI: Once you have gotten filtered out the lines you don't want, you can print it out. I doubt if a request was made to actually stop adding these lines into the syslog, I would not think such a request would even be considered. The Developers and Gurus (who assist folks on the forum) often use those entries to figure out what is going. Occasionally, there are some errors that introduce so many error messages that finding another problem becomes difficult because of all the 'noise'. That usually requires addressing the 'noise' problem not hiding it! Remember that messages that some process or device has started successfully is often useful when troubleshooting... I think you misunderstood my question I just like to know if its possible to remove some of the line entries from syslog like its stored somewhere in the file and I can just open the file and remove the line. Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I am not sure what you are attempting to do but the syslog is stored here: /var/log/syslog Quote Link to comment
Solution trurl Posted January 20 Solution Share Posted January 20 The file is already open by the logger, so you can't edit it. Quote Link to comment
mouzzampk Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, trurl said: The file is already open by the logger, so you can't edit it. Make sense and thanks for the clarity Quote Link to comment
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