Rick, Thanks a ton for the help. Had to use:
PURGE MASTER LOGS TO 'tftp-bin.007'; System didn't like the BEFORE syntax even when using a static date, but your reply gave me some direction and this worked just as well for me. M On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Rick Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those look like MySQL binary files. > > Run this and see if some go away: > > /usr/local/bin/mysql -uroot -p -e"PURGE MASTER LOGS BEFORE > DATE_SUB( NOW( ), INTERVAL 10 day);" > > Rick > > On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 14:59 -0400, m c wrote: > > Hello. I am dealing with a FreeBSD box that I inherited from another > > admin. The box is used for vpopmail and some tftp services. I'm > > trying to relive some space issues on /var. I've run come across > > several large files (see below) that seem to be used by vpopmail but I > > haven't been able to find any information about their use. The files > > are: > > > > > > > > tftp-bin.index > > > > tftp-bin.001 > > > > tftp-bin.002 > > > > tftp-bin.003 > > > > tftp-bin.004 > > > > tftp-bin.005 > > > > tftp-bin.006 > > > > tftp-bin.007 > > > > > > > > The content looks like this: > > > > > > > > E8><EA><9A>[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@replace > > into > > dir_control ( domain, cur_users, level_cur, level_max, level_start0, > > level_start1, level_start2, level_end0, level_end1, level_end2, > > level_mod0, level_mod1, level_mod2, level_index0, level_index1, > > level_index2, the_dir ) values ( 'wxyz.com', 286, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 61, > > 61, 61, 0, 2, 4, 1, 0, 0, '1') > > > > > > > > > > > > There is only one file currently updating (tftp-bin.007). The others > > have last update dates that are older than 1yr, yet some of the files > > are 20M+. For this reason I was hoping to clean some of these up but > > I'm unsure if I can do that without effecting the system. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > !DSPAM:4845bb0c32355712019436!
