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 --force /var/log/messages" > lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' -- > ignoring line" no wonder - you gave it the logfile as con figuration > I done want to nano "wipe the file" if possible Normally you simply type "> /var/log/messages" which finally mean "redirect nothing to the file" and since append would be >> it is cleared
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