Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:24:33 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> To: jconner@enterit.com, Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [mail_lists] Re: cleaning out files Message-ID: <200304041324.33771.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> In-Reply-To: <200304041102.h34B2VVa024586@quasi.concon.homeip.net> References: <200304041227.46615.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> <20030404103927.GC97057@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <200304041102.h34B2VVa024586@quasi.concon.homeip.net>
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Yep, I want to clean out my log files in /var/log, but some of the log files don't get re-created automatically (I get errors at bootup about some logs not existing) if I just rm them. Thanks, Anthony On Friday 04 April 2003 13:00, Jim wrote: > On Friday 04 April 2003 02:39, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > The best way is simply doing: > > bash]$ > filename > > This clears the file out without destroying any open file descriptors on > the file. > > - Jim > > | On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:27:46PM +0200, CARTER Anthony wrote: > | > How do I clean the contents of text files without actually removing the > | > files? > | > | $ echo -n > $FILE > | > | Works for me, there are various other ways. You will end up with a 0-byte > | file, is that what you mean by 'cleaning'? > | > | --Stijn
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