From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 19:50:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B6401065670 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reddvinylene@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f182.google.com (mail-px0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07E688FC18 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi1 with SMTP id 1so142980pxi.13 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/MhJtOUc73XwWu1vAcZkdw6Xu5J0TE8KxCoKyGf68e4=; b=Qlq4UmGiyPTGDhUQAS1B8yLIEpm2B3mypLCiWJVUYhpwfSceTpLBGF8ElLx9kfZSnn TOInSenzBB22qinNTIFAD8DvF+tukBmOtsk5YIjamSSznp/liTvFeDw19SHn3l8B78vr bY1n0qP8qZM40VKYUHi4z5qhLy3sQ+1ElfITY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Fm8AZ5vN0DMQG/eQCYVgf4SbypPlb5VXmxN+RtFy/aIeeGZ6olS3lVuIpPyUmybuI2 kUSF6olcQsmZsMXpWhBxn3gZkwOn4e0ZXxvSGwApVd8sVJ7JIluTDVOK9r8six9OIHWr axeucn+NV3Ws20xHCtYuIImP7ab8aqCtEiMQg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.155.17 with SMTP id c17mr166590wfe.110.1294861804433; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.166.3 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:50:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D2DFEAE.9060403@bah.homeip.net> References: <4D2DFEAE.9060403@bah.homeip.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:50:04 +0100 Message-ID: From: Redd Vinylene To: Bernt Hansson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: questions Subject: Re: Simple command to reset / clear all logs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:50:05 -0000 Will the logs automatically create themselves? I mean, I picture I have to manually touch a lotta them in order to avoid "cannot find" error messages? On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > 2011-01-12 17:04, Redd Vinylene: > > Hi, >> >> Is there a simple command to reset / clear everything in my /var/log? I've >> done a lot of testing, configuring, trial and error and most of my logs >> are >> just full of bullshit and I'd like a fresh start :-) >> >> Thanks! >> > > Sometimes I use rm /var/log/* > > Use with utmost caution! > -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene