Added more output on start failure

Merge pull request #203 from a1466d44-d3dc-4c0b-90c7-315b088731d7/master
Added more helpfull output to the huge file failue in the syncFromDisk function, and an example command to flush the systemd journal
2024-11-23 13:56:30 +00:00 · 2023-02-07 11:02:14 +01:00 · 2023-01-31 22:56:10 +01:00
2 changed files with 7 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ If the `/var/log/journal` is very large, then there are a lot of system logs. De
 SystemMaxUse=20M
 ```

+**Or** the more radical version of directly flushing the journal to a size that matches log2ram size imediately _(Be aware that this flish flush the systemd journal logs imediately to the given size!)_
+
+```bash
+journalctl --vacuum-size=32M
+```
+
 This should be set to a value smaller than the size of the RAM volume; for example, half of it could be fine. Then, apply the new setting:

 ```bash
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ sync_from_disk() {

    if [ -n "$(du -sh -t "$TP_SIZE" "$HDD_LOG"/ | cut -f1)" ]; then
        echo "ERROR: RAM disk for \"$HDD_LOG/\" too small. Can't sync."
+        echo -e "File(s) causing issues\n: $(du -sh -t "$TP_SIZE" "$HDD_LOG"/*)"
        umount -l "$RAM_LOG"/
        umount -l "$HDD_LOG"/
        if [ "$MAIL" = true ]; then
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
azlux	2e8d06b807	Added more output on start failure Merge pull request #203 from a1466d44-d3dc-4c0b-90c7-315b088731d7/master	2023-02-07 11:02:14 +01:00
97b69f63-601b-4697-90db-7cdf2e2a0ea5	cd96c3c3e8	Added more helpfull output to the huge file failue in the syncFromDisk function, and an example command to flush the systemd journal	2023-01-31 22:56:10 +01:00