I have been concerned about some files in Linux which appear to grow and are never automatically shrunk, such as /var/log/messages and /var/log/wtmp. I have made a crontab entry that empties the messages file once a month, but I am wondering if anyone knows whether it is safe to do the same for wtmp. Right now that file is over 5 MB in size on my system and contains a record of all my logins. I could just zap it and see what happens I guess, but I wonder if someone wiser than I can tell me ahead of time what would happen and maybe save me some grief. Thanks - Chuck Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck The Moon is Waxing Crescent (4% of Full)
