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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-11-03 23:08:33 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-11-03 23:08:33 +0100
commitdbd2a83fbf051fc51bdca3aa7536c78479488c5b (patch)
tree6514add1da5ccf64179b8094ed497fb5ee043115 /man
parenta6e841b454e076ecbab6abc0bceb85ed06fd5c70 (diff)
journalctl: add new --vacuum-size= and --vacuum-time= commands to clean up journal files based on a size/time limit
This is equivalent to the effect of SystemMaxUse= and RetentionSec=, however can be invoked directly instead of implicitly.
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-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml33
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 0ed3ca3bc8..0703bf9fb6 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -761,8 +761,37 @@
<term><option>--disk-usage</option></term>
<listitem><para>Shows the current disk
- usage of all
- journal files.</para></listitem>
+ usage of all journal files. This shows
+ the sum of the disk usage of all
+ archived and active journal
+ files.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--vacuum-size=</option></term>
+ <term><option>--vacuum-time=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes archived
+ journal files until the disk space
+ they use falls below the specified
+ size (specified with the usual K, M,
+ G, T suffixes), or all journal files
+ contain no data older than the
+ specified timespan (specified with the
+ usual s, min, h, days, months, weeks,
+ years suffixes). Note that running
+ <option>--vacuum-size=</option> has
+ only indirect effect on the output
+ shown by <option>--disk-usage</option>
+ as the latter includes active journal
+ files, while the former only operates
+ on archived journal
+ files. <option>--vacuum-size=</option>
+ and <option>--vacuum-time=</option>
+ may be combined in a single invocation
+ to enforce both a size and time limit
+ on the archived journal
+ files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>