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From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= <caneko@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:45:38 -0600
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng: how to read the log files
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:29 PM, <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>
> Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:26 PM, lee <lee@yagibdah.de> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > how do you read the log files when using syslog-ng?
> > >
> > > The log file seem to be some sort of binary that doesn't display too
> > > well in less, and there doesn't seem to be any way to read them.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons
> > > might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable.
> > >
> > >
> > If you're talking about /var/log/messages, which is:
> > messages: data
> >
> > I use cat(1).
>
> I wonder if the OP is using systemd and trying to read the journal
> files?
Those live under /var/lib/journal (which you need to create; Gentoo doesn't
do it by default last time I saw), in the directory named after the machine
ID (cat /etc/machine-id). And there are several journal files, of the kind:
system@1df50cd49c7f4a089c9414561f65aac7-000000000006f091-000507235df68768.j=
ournal
I think it would be really difficult to mix up that with /var/log/messages.
I think it's just that some part of /var/log/messages got corrupted
(happens a lot of times), and therefore /usr/bin/less identifies it as a
binary files since it contains non-printable characters.
Regards.
--
Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:29 PM, <<a href=3D"mailto:cov=
ici@ccs.covici.com">covici@ccs.covici.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Al=
exander Kapshuk <<a href=3D"mailto:alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com">alexande=
r.kapshuk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> > On Tue, Feb 17, 201=
5 at 8:26 PM, lee <<a href=3D"mailto:lee@yagibdah.de">lee@yagibdah.de</a=
>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > Hi,<br>> > ><br>> &=
gt; > how do you read the log files when using syslog-ng?<br>> > &=
gt;<br>> > > The log file seem to be some sort of binary that does=
n't display too<br>> > > well in less, and there doesn't s=
eem to be any way to read them.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>>=
> > --<br>> > > Again we must be afraid of speaking of daem=
ons for fear that daemons<br>> > > might swallow us.=C2=A0 Finally=
, this fear has become reasonable.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>&=
gt; > If you're talking about /var/log/messages, which is:<br>> &=
gt; messages: data<br>> ><br>> > I use cat(1).<br>><br>> =
I wonder if the OP is using systemd and trying to read the journal<br>> =
files?<br><br>Those live under /var/lib/journal (which you need to create; =
Gentoo doesn't do it by default last time I saw), in the directory name=
d after the machine ID (cat /etc/machine-id). And there are several journal=
files, of the kind:<div><br></div><div>system@1df50cd49c7f4a089c9414561f65=
aac7-000000000006f091-000507235df68768.journal<br><div><br></div><div>I thi=
nk it would be really difficult to mix up that with /var/log/messages.</div=
><div><br></div><div>I think it's just that some part of=C2=A0/var/log/=
messages got corrupted (happens a lot of times), and therefore /usr/bin/les=
s identifies it as a binary files since it contains non-printable character=
s.<br><br>Regards.<br>--<br>Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s<br>Profesor de as=
ignatura, Facultad de Ciencias<br>Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=
=C3=A9xico</div></div></div>
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