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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:07:12 -0700
From:      Steve Carter <scarter@globalcenter.net>
To:        Langa Kentane <LKentane@mweb.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Log files (newbie)
Message-ID:  <19990302230712.B20613@globalcenter.net>
In-Reply-To: <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178970540@za12nt02.mweb.com>; from Langa Kentane on Wed, Mar 03, 1999 at 07:54:25AM %2B0200
References:  <913B8C252194D2119BD500805F318178970540@za12nt02.mweb.com>

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Use the 'touch' command to create the file after deleting them.

There are utilities (logrotate jumps to mind) that will manage your log
files for you.

-Steve

Langa Kentane wrote:
> My question about log files is ... how do you get rid of them.. I want to
> delete some of the stuff on the logs but I don't know the correct way to do
> this.
> 
> I know that there is a unix command to create a file that has nothing on
> it.. maybe that is the answer.  And what would happen if I just delete the
> file.  Will a new one be created?  Or will FreeBSD complain that it can't
> find the original file all the time?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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