/jffs is being constantly updated?

[dineshgyl]

Hi,

RT-AX86U Pro
Firmware:3006.102.5

Any idea why these files are being constantly updated in /jjfs? Will it not exhaust write cycles for /jffs?

-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root        559779 Sep 24 02:02 /jffs/syslog.log
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root         10373 Sep 24 10:00 /jffs/curllst.1
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root          4697 Sep 24 14:00 /jffs/curllst
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root            42 Sep 24 14:05 /jffs/nvram/cfg_device_list
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root            66 Sep 24 14:05 /jffs/nvram/asus_device_list
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root             0 Sep 24 13:52 /jffs/nvram/httpd_nonce_list
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root           359 Sep 24 13:53 /jffs/nvram/wl1_chansps
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root root          5057 Sep 24 04:09 /jffs/wglst
-rw-r--r--    1 root root          4330 Sep 24 14:08 /jffs/wlcnt.json
-rw-r--r--    1 root root         20432 Sep 24 14:05 /jffs/nmp_cl_json.js
# date
Wed Sep 24 14:09:14 EDT 2025

Also i have a curl command running in cron every 10 mins and i see that command is being logged in /jffs/curllst and /jffs/curllst.1 file. What is the use of this file and can it be moved to /tmp?

 

[dineshgyl]

I see it in the code that it logs curl commands and wget commands

asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/curl/src/tool_main.c at 8f2cb746b176952bb08031f38c2f6d08d655b722 · RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng

Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase) - RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng

github.com

asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/wget/src/main.c at 8f2cb746b176952bb08031f38c2f6d08d655b722 · RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng

Third party firmware for Asus routers (newer codebase) - RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng

github.com

Can code changed be done so that we can move them to TEMP? like a variable in NVRAM be defined to have the filepath?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Any idea why these files are being constantly updated in /jjfs? Will it not exhaust write cycles for /jffs?

It's normal activity. It won't harm the flash memory.

Also i have a curl command running in cron every 10 mins and i see that command is being logged in /jffs/curllst and /jffs/curllst.1 file. What is the use of this file and can it be moved to /tmp?

It's part of Asus's security modifications. Short of compiling your own version of the firmware you might try installing the Entware version of curl and using that in your cron job. Personally I'd just leave it as it is as there have been occasions when using the Entware version of curl and wget have caused problems.