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+# phosphor-logging
+phosphor logging provides mechanism for common event and logging creation based
+on information from the journal log.
+
+## To Build
+```
+To build this package, do the following steps:
+
+    1. ./bootstrap.sh
+    2. ./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
+    3. make
+
+To clean the repository run `./bootstrap.sh clean`.
+```
+## REST command to delete an error
+
+    curl -c cjar -k -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d '{"data": [ "root", "<root password>" ] }' https://<BMC IP>/login
+
+    curl -c cjar -b cjar -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
+    -d '{"data": []}' \
+    https://<BMC IP>/xyz/openbmc_project/logging/entry/<entry num>/action/Delete
+
+## REST command to delete all errors
+
+    curl -c cjar -k -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d '{"data": [ "root", "<root password>" ] }' https://<<BMC IP>/login
+
+    curl -c cjar -b cjar -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -X POST https://<<BMC IP>/xyz/openbmc_project/logging/action/deleteAll \
+    -d "{\"data\": [] }"
+