Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:21:45 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ryuichiro Hara <rhml@kibug.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple command to reset / clear all logs? Message-ID: <20110112202145.515b24b3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4D2DE216.6040505@kibug.org> References: <AANLkTimMvTxsdRXhxzXwjdTDzQ5U7m7kzVc0orGwxM5U@mail.gmail.com> <4D2DE216.6040505@kibug.org>
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:17:10 +0900, Ryuichiro Hara <rhml@kibug.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It might be all right to remove all "normal file" logs,
> though you may want to retain all subdirectories.
>
> find /var/log -type f -exec rm {} \;
>
> may do.
Possible problem: Programs that log to files may be confused
that the file has disappeared. How about simply cutting the
files to zero length?
# cat /dev/null > /var/log/*
This will affect ALL files (expansion of *) which may not
be precise enough in case you want to keep some of the
log files.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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