Dear Pat, > > Hi, > > Our gdata.log file has gotten quite large (6.4G) and contributed > to problems we experienced due to a full /var area. Is there > a recommended/safe way to reduce the size of this file? > > As an example would I come to grief trying: > > mv gdata.log gdata.log.1; touch gdata.log > > Then moving gdata.log.1 to another area? Have a look for logrotate, which might be the 1st step of your solution. You could still backup the old logs elsewhere then I think... Hope to have given you a clue. Greetings, Vlad Popa University of Salzburg Computer Science/HPC Computing Jakob Harringer Str, 2 5020 Salzburg Austria
