Thread: /var/log/wtmp
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troubleshootr is offline troubleshootr
2006-04-14 , 10:25
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#11
Originally Posted by fpp
I don't think these values are very significant or trustworthy. I had never heard of that file before, and when I checked after reading this on my 770 it appeared with a size of 231 MB ! Obviously not possible on a "stock" unit (no swap on MMC etc.). After deleting it and linking it to /dev/null as above I didn't see any change in memory occupation, either.
I believe it is compressed. I found this has been discussed before, see here:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/users/6417

This file is stored in the flash memory area of the 770. This area has limited number of writes, so I feel it probably good to not have this file consistently getting updated on the 770. Then again I may be wrong. My unit has not rebooted itself at all after linking wtmp to null. YMMV.