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From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com>,
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Subject: RE: Clearing all the log files at shutdown time
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:39:55 -0000
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Joe:

Try newsyslog. 

man newsyslog for further info.

 - Barry

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe & Fhe
> Barbish
> Sent: 14 November 2001 18:36
> To: FBSD Questions
> Subject: Clearing all the log files at shutdown time
> 
> 
> To all readers of the FBSD Questions group
> 
> 
> I can not find anything in the FBSD handbook 2nd edition about 
> clearing out
> all the different logs making them empty. Is there some standard way of
> handling the cycling of the logs? What is the recommended method of doing
> it?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
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