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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:21:45 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Ryuichiro Hara <rhml@kibug.org>
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Subject: Re: Simple command to reset / clear all logs?
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:17:10 +0900, Ryuichiro Hara <rhml@kibug.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It might be all right to remove all "normal file" logs,
> though you may want to retain all subdirectories.
> 
> find /var/log -type f -exec rm {} \;
> 
> may do.

Possible problem: Programs that log to files may be confused
that the file has disappeared. How about simply cutting the
files to zero length?

	# cat /dev/null > /var/log/*

This will affect ALL files (expansion of *) which may not
be precise enough in case you want to keep some of the
log files.



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Polytropon
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