Cleaning up coredumpctl list

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I'm looking for a way to remove any trace of old coredumps in coredumpctl list. At the moment it lists coredumps beginning at 2014-12-14 - I've updated software so often between then and now that I doubt those old coredumps are going to help me debug any problems now. Unfortunately removing the files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump only made the asterisk in the "PRESENT" column of coredumpctls output disappear.



I couldn't find any way to remove all information about coredumps in the manpages or in the help output of coredumpctl.










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    I'm looking for a way to remove any trace of old coredumps in coredumpctl list. At the moment it lists coredumps beginning at 2014-12-14 - I've updated software so often between then and now that I doubt those old coredumps are going to help me debug any problems now. Unfortunately removing the files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump only made the asterisk in the "PRESENT" column of coredumpctls output disappear.



    I couldn't find any way to remove all information about coredumps in the manpages or in the help output of coredumpctl.










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      I'm looking for a way to remove any trace of old coredumps in coredumpctl list. At the moment it lists coredumps beginning at 2014-12-14 - I've updated software so often between then and now that I doubt those old coredumps are going to help me debug any problems now. Unfortunately removing the files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump only made the asterisk in the "PRESENT" column of coredumpctls output disappear.



      I couldn't find any way to remove all information about coredumps in the manpages or in the help output of coredumpctl.










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      I'm looking for a way to remove any trace of old coredumps in coredumpctl list. At the moment it lists coredumps beginning at 2014-12-14 - I've updated software so often between then and now that I doubt those old coredumps are going to help me debug any problems now. Unfortunately removing the files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump only made the asterisk in the "PRESENT" column of coredumpctls output disappear.



      I couldn't find any way to remove all information about coredumps in the manpages or in the help output of coredumpctl.







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          It seems the metadata is kept in the systemd journal, so it is gone after



          rm /var/log/journal/*/*
          killall -9 systemd-journald


          The downside is that all other syslog is gone as well.



          Maybe the cleaner method would be the one given in How to clear journalctl



          journalctl --vacuum-time=2d





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            First you may prune the journal discarding entries older than a day:



            journalctl --vacuum-time=1d


            Since "coredumpctl list" lists the dumpfiles recorded by the journal, you may manually delete the dump files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump that are not listed.



            coredumpctl list


            Browse the dump files, compare the files with the results from the command and delete the files not listed.






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              It seems the metadata is kept in the systemd journal, so it is gone after



              rm /var/log/journal/*/*
              killall -9 systemd-journald


              The downside is that all other syslog is gone as well.



              Maybe the cleaner method would be the one given in How to clear journalctl



              journalctl --vacuum-time=2d





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                It seems the metadata is kept in the systemd journal, so it is gone after



                rm /var/log/journal/*/*
                killall -9 systemd-journald


                The downside is that all other syslog is gone as well.



                Maybe the cleaner method would be the one given in How to clear journalctl



                journalctl --vacuum-time=2d





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                  It seems the metadata is kept in the systemd journal, so it is gone after



                  rm /var/log/journal/*/*
                  killall -9 systemd-journald


                  The downside is that all other syslog is gone as well.



                  Maybe the cleaner method would be the one given in How to clear journalctl



                  journalctl --vacuum-time=2d





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                  It seems the metadata is kept in the systemd journal, so it is gone after



                  rm /var/log/journal/*/*
                  killall -9 systemd-journald


                  The downside is that all other syslog is gone as well.



                  Maybe the cleaner method would be the one given in How to clear journalctl



                  journalctl --vacuum-time=2d






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                      First you may prune the journal discarding entries older than a day:



                      journalctl --vacuum-time=1d


                      Since "coredumpctl list" lists the dumpfiles recorded by the journal, you may manually delete the dump files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump that are not listed.



                      coredumpctl list


                      Browse the dump files, compare the files with the results from the command and delete the files not listed.






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                        First you may prune the journal discarding entries older than a day:



                        journalctl --vacuum-time=1d


                        Since "coredumpctl list" lists the dumpfiles recorded by the journal, you may manually delete the dump files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump that are not listed.



                        coredumpctl list


                        Browse the dump files, compare the files with the results from the command and delete the files not listed.






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                          First you may prune the journal discarding entries older than a day:



                          journalctl --vacuum-time=1d


                          Since "coredumpctl list" lists the dumpfiles recorded by the journal, you may manually delete the dump files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump that are not listed.



                          coredumpctl list


                          Browse the dump files, compare the files with the results from the command and delete the files not listed.






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                          First you may prune the journal discarding entries older than a day:



                          journalctl --vacuum-time=1d


                          Since "coredumpctl list" lists the dumpfiles recorded by the journal, you may manually delete the dump files from /var/lib/systemd/coredump that are not listed.



                          coredumpctl list


                          Browse the dump files, compare the files with the results from the command and delete the files not listed.







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