Re: /var/log/messages

[CaT]

On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 06:42:09AM +0500, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> Is it OK to delete the contents of this file occasionally.  They are just "event" 
>messages no?  
> edit/select all/delete????????????

You can't delete it as such because it's an open file. What you can
do is nullsize it (make it's filesize zero) which is just as good.

To do this in bash you do: 

>/var/log/messages


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