[tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

[Keifer Bly]

Hey so upon running the command Matt suggested, this is the return:

It says there are no logs to display. Thanks. Wonder how else to do it?
--Keifer


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:15 AM Matt Traudt <pastly at torproject.org> wrote:

> Assuming you didn't add any `Log` lines to the torrc and assuming you
> are using the `default` tor instance,
>
>    journalctl -eu tor at default
>
> -e to jump to the end
> -u to specify the unit, tor at default
>
> Logs end up here by default because
> /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc has `Log notice syslog`. I
> think (but don't know for sure) adding a `Log` line in your torrc would
> override this, since this appears in the defaults torrc.
>
> Matt
>
> On 7/29/20 1:09 PM, Keifer Bly wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > So I am trying to view the tor log file (for how much traffic was sent,
> > etc) on my relay since start? I am trying using the “less
> > /var/log/tor/torrc.txt” command but this only shows a blank screen with
> > the word END and nothing else on Debian Linux.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> >
> >
> > --Keifer
> >
> >
> >
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