Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 22:08:02 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> To: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: log files Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20020721220607.02a465f0@pop3s.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <009901c2312c$b5c6ec70$2afececd@TCOOPER> References: <200207212214.g6LMEQxc000099@labs.unixhideout.com> <000001c23109$09c55830$0a01a8c0@athlon> <20020722024119.GA2730@k7.mavetju>
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At 09:06 PM 7/21/2002 -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: >I think I made a boo boo. I deleted all the files from var/log thinking I >would have clean logs. Well, I rebooted but some of the files never >reapeared. I made a back up just in case. > >Can I expect any problems in the future? You should touch all of the files, else syslog won't log to them when it is restarted. >What is the best way to start off with new logs - I'm experimenting with >different things? Thus, trying to get more in touch with my new friend. Some >of the files reappeared. In general is this a good way of starting off from >fresh? newsyslog(8) is designed to rotate your system logs. Man it and see. -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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