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Cron and log files

OSMC uses systemd. Systemd replaces syslog with journalctl: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journalctl.html The log files are stored in a database format (hence the binary file) and can be accessed using sudo journalctl There are many different command line options documented above to filter and control the output.