Kris Deugau (HE12025-12-12): > # head /var/log/journal/[identifier]/system.journal > [binary gibberish snipped] > > That's.... not plain text.
I never said it was. > # file /var/log/*log > /var/log/alternatives.log: empty > /var/log/auth.log: ASCII text > /var/log/boot.log: empty > /var/log/daemon.log: ASCII text > /var/log/dpkg.log: ASCII text > /var/log/fontconfig.log: ASCII text > /var/log/kern.log: ASCII text > /var/log/mail.log: ASCII text, with very long lines (361) > /var/log/syslog: ASCII text, with very long lines (346) > /var/log/user.log: ASCII text, with very long lines (302) > > ... but none of these are produced *by journald*. Changing the goalposts much? The question was “on a system with systemd”, not “produced by journald”. -- Nicolas George
