[OS X TeX] tex live utility logs

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:

> On 22 Nov 2011, at 11:22, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:17 AM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Is there a way of removing old logs in the Tex Live Utility log window?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Nestor
>> 
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I believe that TLU keeps a limited number of previous logs so the log file will not continue to grow.
>> 
>> You can try to moving ~/Library/Preferences/TeX Live Utility/Log Messages.plist to your Desktop and start TLU to make sure it's recreated. If that doesn't work put that file back in place.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> I am in Snow Leopard (10.6) and there is no Tex Live Utility folder in ~/Library/Preferences. There is a "com.googlecode.mactlmgr.tlu.plist", but removing it from the Preferences didn't make a difference.
> 
> /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log seems to keep the logs, but I would rather not touch it. I noticed that I have similar files for 2009 and 2010: guess I lived with them, and they are rather small.
> 
> (Yes, although very rarely, sometimes I need older tex versions because of incompatible changes.)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nestor

Howdy,

Sorry, that should have been the ~/Library/Application Support folder.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)