According to Dave G: While burning my CPU.
>
> I've been doing a lot of development work lately (just moved into Linux
> from Mac Webservers) and my logs are getting really big. I can't remember
> where but I'm certain I've seen a one line bash command to empty log files.
> Any gurus out there know what that may be? I'de like to put it into a cron
> script.
A one char version would be;
> logfile
Now you have a 0 byte logfile.
>
> Yep, looked in the man pages, How-To's also. I've got the online version of
> Linux admin guide, but no mention of what I'm looking for.
>
> Slackware version 3.6
> Bash version 1.14.7
>
> DAve.
>
> PS, other newbies note. http://www.mcp.com (macmillian Computer Reference)
> will let you view the complete text of several Linux books online for 90
> days, no charge. Cool deal.
>
> "On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at
> the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting -- died"
>
>
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Regards Richard.
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