On 07/15/2013 07:25 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:13:24AM +1000, Dan Fruehauf wrote:
Another question while we're at it - what happens if and when you decide to
change your binary format for storing files for whatever reason? Is that
when we understand that we should have been left with just text based files?
A stable, documented journal format is a prerequisite for this feature.
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/journal-files/
That page outlines the plan for compatibility and for future extensions, and
it seems reasonable to me.
FWIW, the 'file' utility does not have the magic to recognize systemd
journal files---it just sees them as generic 'data'. I filed a bugzilla
report and proposed fix:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985072
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