Turgut Kalfaoglu said at Ò[expert] logrotateÓ.
[2000-10-19 17:06]
> Let's assume that you have successfully ignored the patches,
> and announcements, and ended up with a system (Mandrake 7.1)
> that has over 5 MILLION files on its /var/log/mail and /news directories.
>
> Let's also assume that when you type:
> [root@db2 mail]# rm *
> you get:
> bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
>
> any ideas what you can do to save your servers? :)
>
Try with 'xargs' (man xargs), it is just for that.
Also you could try also inside /var/log/xxxx with find:
find . -exec rm -f {} \;
This second solution can be MUCH slower...
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