Where are the log files

[luis-maker]

Hi there,
I´m new to Linux and i cant find the logfiles of the last wiping
all the settings are as default so they should be named STDOUT
but where to find them ?

[PartialVolume]

If you are running nwipe from a distro other than ShredOS the logs are sent to stdout, i.e the screen. They are not written to a file unless you specify --logfile=some filename.txt as a command line option. So when you start nwipe you type sudo nwipe --logfile=somefilename.txt if you want the log saved in a file.

With ShredOS it handles creation of a time stamped log file automatically so you don't need to specify the option.

The PDF certificate will get created automatically whether you are running from ShredOS or some other distro as long as you are running a recent version and PDF creation is enabled in nwipe. (Default is PDF enabled).

[PartialVolume]

Not all distros are running the latest nwipe so it would be useful to know what distro and it's version you are using and which version of nwipe you are using, which is shown on the title bar of nwipe or you can type sudo nwipe --version