* Dana J. Laude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030221 14:47]: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:39:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Richard Beri 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 > > If you just want to "reset" the files without a backup, as root > type in: "touch /var/log/messages". (minus the quotes and the .)
Won't that just change the access and modification time of the file? That happens every 20 minutes anyway (-- MARK --). What else does that achieve? Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.20-lavienx #1 Mon Jan 6 17:03:01 JST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
