On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:39:11 -0500
Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My /var/log/messages and messages.0 are getting very large. messages
> alone is almost 500 meg.  Is is safe to delete these files (I don't
> need to read any back error messages).  My syslog is also reaching 500
> meg ais that safe to be deleted. Will they be auto-created again?
> 
> Thanks

If you simply need hard drive space, I would recommend something like
burning the logs to a cd before deleting them from your hard drive. Just
in case.

Next I'd probably do an "apt-get install logrotate" so that your log
files are in smaller, more easily manageable sizes. 

HTH,
Jacob

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