FSTRACE_CLEAR(8)

💖 FSTRACE_CLEAR(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to fstrace_clear — it's part of the AFS Command Reference, and it's genuinely so simple it's giving one-job energy. She clears the trace log. That's it. That's the whole personality. 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

fstrace_clear — Clears the trace log

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fstrace clear [-set <set name>+]
    [-log <log name>+]
    [-help]

fstrace c [-s <set name>+]
    [-l <log name>+] [-h]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So the way that fstrace clear works is: it erases the contents of the trace log from kernel memory, but — and this is the key part, don't miss it — it leaves kernel memory allocated for the log. So like, the stuff inside gets yeeted, but the little allocated home it lives in stays put. 🏠✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -set <set name>+ — names the event set whose associated trace log you wanna clear. The only acceptable value is "cm" (and for that one, the associated trace log is "cmfx"). Give either this argument or the -log argument, or just omit both and it clears the "cmfx" log by default. lowkey flexible of her. 🎀
• -log <log name>+ — names the trace log to clear. The only acceptable value is "cmfx". Give either this argument or the -set argument, or omit both to clear the "cmfx" log by default. same energy, different door. 🚪
• -help — prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. so don't bother stacking them, she's not listening. 🙈

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

The following command clears the "cmfx" trace log on the local machine:

# fstrace clear

look at that. one line. iconic. no cap. ⭐

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👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser root. so like, root only, bestie. main character privileges. if you're not root, this is not your moment. 💀

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

fstrace(8), fstrace_lslog(8), fstrace_lsset(8)

go read those too, iykyk. 📚

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.

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and that's the whole page, babe 🧚 this was the OpenAFS manual, dated 2026-07-27. bye bestie, go clear that log responsibly 💖✨🍓