From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 26 18:51:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD8116A47B for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:51:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lane@cd-solutions.net) Received: from elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 662C043D58 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:50:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lane@cd-solutions.net) Received: from [66.47.111.183] (helo=joeandlane.com) by elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GoP5q-0001T9-7v for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:51:10 -0500 Received: from joeandlane.com (localhost.localnet.local [127.0.0.1]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kAQIrvwv018068 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:53:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@cd-solutions.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by joeandlane.com (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id kAQIru2o018067 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:53:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lane@cd-solutions.net) From: Lane Holcombe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:53:56 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <200611261037.18806.odilist@sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <200611261037.18806.odilist@sonic.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611261253.56777.lane@cd-solutions.net> X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CD-SOLUTIONS-MailScanner-From: lane@cd-solutions.net X-ELNK-Trace: e56a4b6ca9bdfda11aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79c5445609da0e1adfd39d5a5ad50421c4350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.47.111.183 Subject: Re: cleaning out log files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lane@cd-solutions.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:51:11 -0000 On Sunday 26 November 2006 12:37, Oliver Iberien wrote: > I've noticed that my /var partition, on a machine being used as a desktop, > is about 80% full and would like to know what in it can safely be deleted, > or if there is some accepted way to trim log files down with a cron job, > etc. Thanks! > > Oliver > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Oliver, Take a look at /etc/newsyslog.conf as it is designed just for rotating and removing log files lane