pesarif wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:25, dfox wrote: > >>>My /var/log folder is getting fairly big (10 MB) and its growing quickly >>>(this computer has only 660MB for Linux :( ). >>> >>How fast is it filling up? How much is it going to be tomorrow, or >>next week? >> >> > Not very fast: I'd estimate about 100K a day. > > >>/var should really be on a separate partition. That's not always >>possible, of course. >> >> > I agree but with only 660MB for Linux... :( > > >>>My question is: is it safe to regularly delete logs (using just the rm >>>command) or is there a "correct" way to do it? >>> >>Well, the safe way is to kill -HUP the programs that are generating the >>logs, rm (or trim) the logs, and then restart the logging programs. That's >>basically what logrotate does. >> >> > So I can safely delete _anything_ in /var/log? > This is the thing that I'm really concerned about: Will I break anything by > deleting? > > >>Removing the logs is possible, but you might want to see what's in there >>from time to time (otherwise, why bother to log?) so it's usually better >>to trim them. So for instance if your logs are over a month old, you could >>edit out all entries for December and/or January. >> > I only need to look at the logs for the last 24 hours (it's not connected to > the internet but is a LAN telnet, ftp, ssh and mail server :)). >
For a word, you can delete the logs if dont consider security . By the way, your hdd is only 660MB in ONE partition. What happens when your machine crashed ? -- Takeshi's small space http://donganh16.tk/ Join KDE-i18n-Vi? http://vi.i18n.kde.org VYSA: http://vysasports.vngate.net/ Vietlug: http://vietlug.sourceforge.net 9:10pm up 8:06, 4 users, load average: 0.33, 0.20, 0.11 Money cannot buy love, nor even friendship.
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