I am guessing that this is a syslogd log file?

If so, you will want to configure /etc/syslog.conf to automatically clear
or archive this file.   See the z/OS Comm Server IP Configuration Guide and
Reference manuals for more information.

Kirk Wolf
Dovetailed Technologies
http://dovetail.com


On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Fred Kaptein <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
> We have a mainframe system running z/OS R1.13.
> We have the following USS file mounted to a MVS data set
>    \tmp\daemon.log.b
>
> This file has grown very large over time, as it is not being cleared out
> on a regular basis.
> What commands can we issue during a shutdown of our z/OS system that would
> do the following:
>     - clear all but the previous 30 days data
>     - clear all data
>
> If possible, we want to clear this USS file out when z/OS is being shut
> down, so that it will be clean during the next IPL.
> We do not want to effect the USS file permissions nor the MVS data set.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
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