On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:40:15PM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > >> Then engineer asks to run "tail /var/log/messages". > >> Customer says: "I see > >> cannot open ‘/var/log/messages’: No such file or directory > >> message". > > And this happens every time in, say, Debian. Great, isn't it? > > > >> Engineer asks to run journalctl. > >> Customer says: "I see 'Input/output error' message". > > How would /var/log/messages file help in case of a corrupted > > filesystem/disk? > Are you trying to say that system log is generally useless for > troubleshooting? Heh :) I am trying to say, that there is no "standard log file". And log must be read for "troubleshooting". Even tail wont save you from "Input/output error" message. All your arguments sounds like "I got used to old behavior and don't want to change anything because I am". It's a bit childish, don't you think so? -- Regards, -- Sir Raorn. --- http://thousandsofhate.blogspot.com/
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