# emonSD next steps: log2ram

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**Created:** [17 April 2019 20:12 UTC](https://community.openenergymonitor.org/t/emonsd-next-steps-log2ram/10707 "2019-04-17T20:12:08Z")\
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The log.old directory is created by logrotate if it doesn’t already exist when it has files to rotate. When that happens the symlink will then be fully functional.

Another line or 2 could be added to the install script to add an empty folder and set permissions/ownership, but all that effectively does is change the color of the symlink until the first rotation happens.

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