On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Bernardo Carvalho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My /var/log/wtmp file is a bit large and I want to reset it... from the man
> pages I figured that if I delete it it won't be automatically created again.
> What should I do?
>
> The /var/log/xferlog is also a bit big. Is it the same situation?
>
> []s
> bernardo
Hi Bernardo;
First remove the file that you do not want anymore. Then use the touch
command i.e. "touch xferlog". BTW before you remove the file write down
the permissions and then check if the new file is the same. They might
change, I'm not for sure.
J
I
M
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