On Wed, 01 May 2013 12:22:18 +0200
Reindl Harald wrote:
> Normally you simply type "> /var/log/messages" which finally
> mean "redirect nothing to the file" and since append would
> be >> it is cleared
>
Thank you Harald,
I'm still learning
though middle aged.
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Regards,
Frank
www.frankly3d
Am 01.05.2013 09:52, schrieb Frank Murphy:
> How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing.
> or set it to hourly rotate.
> Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
logotate does not work this way
/etc/logrotate.d/syslog
/var/lib/logrotate.status
> Have tried "logrotate --
On Wed, 01 May 2013 11:20:15 +0200
Jon Ingason wrote:
> Have you looked in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog?
>
> On my F18 it contains:
>
> $ more /etc/logrotate.d/syslog
> /var/log/messages
Missed it,
Will separate message from it,
put it in it own conf and hope it keeps.
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Regards,
Frank
www.fr
2013-05-01 09:52, Frank Murphy skrev:
How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing.
or set it to hourly rotate.
Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
Have tried "logrotate --force /var/log/messages"
lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' --
ignoring
On 05/01/2013 12:52 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing.
or set it to hourly rotate.
Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
Have tried "logrotate --force /var/log/messages"
lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' --
ign
How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing.
or set it to hourly rotate.
Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
Have tried "logrotate --force /var/log/messages"
lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' --
ignoring line"
I done want to nano "wipe the file
