On 05/01/2013 12:52 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing.
or set it to hourly rotate.
Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
Have tried "logrotate --force /var/log/messages"
lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' --
ignoring line"
I done want to nano "wipe the file" if possible
I remember, many years ago when there wasn't any logrotate. The advice
then was to use this command to create a new file:
date > /var/log/messages
In your case, of course, moving the current version to a backup first
would probably be best.
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