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In what folders are the logs and key histories stored so that I may make a script to purge them. Is there a specific folder for the hibernation partition or a file by which it keeps the RAM data on hibernate? Is someone wanted to rid of all command history/program load history/program execution history, where would they go?
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Inspired by http://www.richud.com/wiki/Ubuntu_gedit_recent_files_dconf
Make usage of dconf-editor to change the property 'max-recents'.
Under org > gnome > gedit > preferences > ui:
Change the value of max-recents.
It was tested on ubuntu 12.0.4 and 14.04 LTS 64 bits.
In the 2 following screen dumps you can find:
iwconfig gives more information about wifi networks than ifconfigsudo lshw -C network will give you even more information/var/log/dmesg files, although that's a lot to wade through so you would want to check as soon as possible after you fail a connection. I'm not sure there are dedicated interface logs - hopefully somebody else will have a better solution for you.
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There are a lot of places where things get logged, and it will be very diffucult to be exhaustive, depending on what applications you use. That said, here are the main places I can think of:
/var/log~/.mozilla/firefoxThis can be purged from Firefox (shift+ctrl+suppr)~/.bash_historyDeleting this file will remove this history.~/.local/share/recently-used.xbelThis file can be deleted if needed.These are the main places I can think of, but any application can log things in various places... so it really depends on what logs you want to remove.
As mentionned by MrVaykadji, BleachBit is a GPL software that automates such cleansing task, and let you delete "log files" for a wide variety of known softwares. You can also easily add new cleaners with simple xml files. Might be what you are (ware) looking for!