[systemd-devel] Antw: Re: show journalctl while stopping?

[Ulrich Windl]

>>> Mantas Mikulenas <grawity at gmail.com> schrieb am 23.01.2020 um 19:32 in
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> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:36 PM Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> wrote:
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>> Am 23.01.20 um 18:32 schrieb Roger Pack:
>> > Forgive me if this is too naive, but would it be possible for
>> > systemctl to "immediately start outputting logs" (journalctl type
>> > output) while it is in the middle of running a command?  Ex: while
>> > running "systemctl stop my_server" it could show the logs so we could
>> > see what is going on?  I do miss that from the /etc/init.d days and
>> > feel so blind with systemctl now.
>> > Thoughts?
>>
>> and why don't you jsut write a shell alias or simple wrapper for such
>> trivial tasks?
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>> frankly "systemctl restart" hast to shut up because otherwise it would
>> trigger cron mails and when you have to write a special option anyways
>> you can also wirte an alias and be done
>>
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> I don't think cron jobs are very high on systemctl's priority list.
> Certainly lower than interactive use by the sysadmin. And if you actually
> have to write a cron job, you can just add --quiet and be done?

Similarly: Before bashing the proposal, why not think about an option that
will enable that feature? Like "--verbose", "--monitor",
"--whatever-you-like"...

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> Mantas Mikulėnas