On 09/09/14 at 03:29pm, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > In trying to work out why my disk space gets progressively consumed so > that I repeatedly run out of disc space without any known reason, in > examining my hidden files in my home directory, I found the file > .xsession-errors, which is currently sitting at about 740MB, and has > been growing in the last hour. > > Does some uttility or command (with switches) exist, that can purge > the file of redundant (for example, entries over a week old, or, > entries from before the current boot session) entries, so as to reduce > the file size to content that is necessary to retain for debugging? > > I am concerned that, should I simply delete the file, the system will > crash or otherwise damage to the boot session, would occur. > > Thank you in anticipation.
A cron job should fit your needs, though I would investigate to prevent such errors... /r -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140909074000.ga10...@gmail.com
