From 31692cd084cabcfe87ac461d907200d2c24acb2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Guthrie <colin@mageia.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:30:44 +0000
Subject: rescue: add a script to simplfy grabbing of journal logs for bug
 reports

---
 rescue/NEWS            |  2 ++
 rescue/grabjournallogs | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 rescue/list.xml        |  1 +
 rescue/tree/etc/issue  |  1 +
 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rescue/grabjournallogs

(limited to 'rescue')

diff --git a/rescue/NEWS b/rescue/NEWS
index c134fc33f..e4aea9f46 100644
--- a/rescue/NEWS
+++ b/rescue/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- add a script to simplfy grabbing of journal logs for bug reports
+
 Version 1.41 - 6 April 2013 by Thierry Vignaud
 
 - really adapt to /usr move (fix lvm2 freezing, mga#5795)
diff --git a/rescue/grabjournallogs b/rescue/grabjournallogs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef2ea4a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rescue/grabjournallogs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if ! mountpoint -q /mnt ; then
+  echo "I do not seem to see a Mageia install mounted on /mnt. You need to mount it first!" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f /mnt/etc/machine-id ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find machine-id file (/mnt/etc/machine-id)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+MID=$(cat /mnt/etc/machine-id)
+echo
+echo "Found machine-id: $MID"
+if [ ! -d /mnt/var/log/journal/$MID ]; then
+  echo "Cannot find journal log directory (/mnt/var/log/journal/<machine-id>)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TIMEFRAME=24
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  NEWTIMEFRAME=$(( 0 + $1 ))
+  if [ $NEWTIMEFRAME -gt 0 ]; then
+    TIMEFRAME=$NEWTIMEFRAME
+  fi
+fi
+SINCE="$(LC_ALL=c date --date=$TIMEFRAME' hours ago' +'%F %T')"
+echo "Will collect logs from the last $TIMEFRAME hour(s)"
+echo "  NB give numeric argument to override capture period"
+
+TEMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/grabjournallogs.XXXXXX)
+echo -n "Extracting logs... "
+journalctl -D /mnt/var/log/journal/$MID --since "$SINCE" -o short >$TEMPFILE
+echo "done"
+
+if [ $(cat $TEMPFILE | wc -l) -lt 2 ]; then
+  rm -f $TEMPFILE
+  echo >&2
+  echo "Cannot find any logs. Consider increasing the capture period by passing a" >&2
+  echo "numeric argument larger than $TIMEFRAME." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo -n "Compressing logs... "
+cat $TEMPFILE | xz >/journallogs.xz
+rm -f $TEMPFILE
+echo "done"
+
+echo
+echo "Your logs have been extracted to the file 'journallogs.xz'"
diff --git a/rescue/list.xml b/rescue/list.xml
index c0c88d4a2..8618b8337 100644
--- a/rescue/list.xml
+++ b/rescue/list.xml
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@
         diskdrake-resize
         genpasswd
         startssh
+        grabjournallogs
     </to>
     <to dir="/usr/sbin">
       restore-image.sh
diff --git a/rescue/tree/etc/issue b/rescue/tree/etc/issue
index c5a4c7fb8..11f9f3102 100644
--- a/rescue/tree/etc/issue
+++ b/rescue/tree/etc/issue
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ Use drvinst to install drivers according to detected devices
 Use lsparts to list your partitions with types
 Use startssh to start an ssh daemon
 Use rescue-gui to go back to the rescue menu
+Use grabjournallogs to grab the last 24 hours of journal logs
 
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