Also sprach Richard Beri (Fri 21 Feb 02003 at 07:52:59PM -0500): > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:47:34 -0600 > "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I had a logfile that large, I would assume that there is something > > wrong with my system. Only after careful scrutiny of that logfile, and > > correction of all conditions generating verbose messages, then I would > > consider deleting said logfiles. > > > > What do you think? > > I have a cable modem that spews errors in a virtual terminal, I silenced them, but I > assume that they go into /var/log/messages. My system has been on for almost 2 > years non-stop. I also have logrotate installed, so I don't know why they are > getting so large. The files are that large now that I can't read them (with vi > anyway).
Look here: man logrotate I do not know what version you are using; nor do I see how my default logrotate process handles signaling syslogd; but, you may consider putting something like this near the bottom of your /etc/logrotate.conf: /var/log/messages { rotate 5 size=10M postrotate /sbin/killall -HUP syslogd } What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]