On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 08:21:45PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:17:10 +0900, Ryuichiro Hara <[email protected]> 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/*
or # truncate -s 0 /var/log/* That will save you two keystrokes, and that's important! ;-) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
