From 35e565e06880cc6ab43c6c60ea7c838e87b00388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Orpin <brian.orpin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:43:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Delete /var/log/journal/

Ref
https://github.com/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/issues/148#issuecomment-1418244722

and

https://github.com/openenergymonitor/log2ram/pull/2
---
 install.sh | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 6cee0e3..db8d4b3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
+# Under latest RPi-OS the folder /var/log/journal is created so journald reverts to persistent journal files
+# Delete this folder and restart service
+if [ -d /var/log/journal ]; then
+  echo "/var/log/journal present - remove for volatile journal files"
+  sudo rm -rf /var/log/journal
+  sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
+fi
+
 systemctl -q is-active log2ram  && { echo "ERROR: log2ram service is still running. Please run \"sudo service log2ram stop\" to stop it."; exit 1; }
 [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || { echo "You need to be ROOT (sudo can be used)"; exit 1; }