From ca22e580db01acb7cb54d759575b56968970a8c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PrincessPi3 <human.bagel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:35:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] 1749875729

---
 README.md                     | 3 +++
 debug-level-conf/root-crontab | 2 +-
 nuke_logs.sh                  | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2de1aea..c1ebfcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 **Influxdb Logs**  
 * `sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog`
 
+**Root Crontab Logs**
+* `sudo tail -f /var/log/root-crontab.log`
+
 ## Setup
 ### Requirements
 1. Raspberry Pi with
diff --git a/debug-level-conf/root-crontab b/debug-level-conf/root-crontab
index 28ef55f..711161a 100644
--- a/debug-level-conf/root-crontab
+++ b/debug-level-conf/root-crontab
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # m h  dom mon dow   command
 # set hardware I2C RTC every 5 minutes
-*/5 * * * * bash /usr/sbin/hwclock -w
+*/5 * * * * bash -c "/usr/sbin/hwclock -w 2>> /var/log/root-crontab.log"
diff --git a/nuke_logs.sh b/nuke_logs.sh
index 6179793..a1746b6 100644
--- a/nuke_logs.sh
+++ b/nuke_logs.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ chrony_measurements=/var/log/chrony/measurements.log
 telegraf=/var/log/telegraf/telegraf.log
 grafana=/var/log/grafana/grafana.log
 syslog=/var/log/syslog
+rootcrontab=/var/log/root-crontab.log
 
 function backup_logs() {
     # make log backup dir with unix timestamp
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ function clear_logs() {
     sudo bash -c "echo '' > $chrony_measurements"
     sudo bash -c "echo '' > $telegraf"
     sudo bash -c "echo '' > $grafana"
+    sudo bash -c " echo '' > $rootcrontab"
     # sudo bash -c "echo '' > $syslog" # leaving syslog alone for now
 }