Topic: Emptying Log Files

[Edward Clarke]

How does one empty or clear log files?

Mail Logs, Httpd logs etc.

thanks.

Ed.

[Ray Mitchell]

The log files are automatically rotated when they get to a certain size and a number of old logs are retained temporaily, so you don't need to empty them manually.
I haven't done it but I assume you could delete them at the command prompt if you really wanted to clear the logs completely.
see /var/log for the various logs

Regs
Ray

[Lowell Fuher]

Would you just delete the file(s) or does it need to see the file even if it is empty?

The log files are automatically rotated when they get to a certain size and a number of old logs are retained temporaily, so you don't need to empty them manually.
I haven't done it but I assume you could delete them at the command prompt if you really wanted to clear the logs completely.
see /var/log for the various logs

Regs
Ray

[grand-pa]

You can delete them without any problem.

It's also possible to modify some files to decrease the number of "old logs" (dated or not).