[OS X TeX] tex live utility logs

[Nestor Aguilera]

On 22 Nov 2011, at 19:12, Herbert Schulz wrote:

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> On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:
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>> On 22 Nov 2011, at 11:22, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:17 AM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:
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>>>> 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)
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>> 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.
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>> /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.
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>> (Yes, although very rarely, sometimes I need older tex versions because of incompatible changes.)
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>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Nestor
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Sorry, that should have been the ~/Library/Application Support folder.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz

OK, I found it and removing it works. However, I would really prefer some setting in TLU's preferences.

Thanks,

Nestor