Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 00:25:38 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: TOPCAT CONSULTING <topcat@sk.sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: log rotation question Message-ID: <20010303002538.I89396@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <3AA072C4.A4E7725D@sk.sympatico.ca>; from topcat@sk.sympatico.ca on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 10:27:49PM -0600 References: <3AA072C4.A4E7725D@sk.sympatico.ca>
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On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 10:27:49PM -0600, TOPCAT CONSULTING wrote: > > How does one *force* a rotation of /var/log/messages ? Not sure exactly what you mean but, # cd /var/log # mv messages messages.old && \ touch messages && \ kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog.pid` Will start a fresh file for you. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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