try tail -n 100000 /mysql/why.log > /tmp/why.log echo > /mysql/why.log
> -----Original Message----- > From: Van [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:01 PM > To: Paul DuBois > Cc: MySQL > Subject: Re: Irritating Discovery > > > Paul DuBois wrote: > > > > At 13:12 -0700 6/12/02, Van wrote: > > >Greetings: > > > > > >Perhaps a bug, even. After about 5 months my mysql log > file grew to over > > >300MBytes and I figured I'd do something about it as follows: > > >tail -n 100000 /mysql/why.log > /tmp/why.log && sudo mv > /tmp/why.log > > >/mysql/ && > > >mysqladmin -u root flush-logs > > > > > >Unfortunately, this set the permissions of why.log as a > user other than mysql, > > > > So what happened? Did this command: > > > > sudo mv /tmp/why.log /mysql/ > > > > replace your old /mysql/why.log file with one owned by root? > > Yes. Well, actually owned by user vanboers (I use sudo, not root). > > > > > If so, I guess I wouldn't be surprised. > > > > >preventing mysqld from logging queries (exactly what I'd hoped to > > >avoid), so I: > > >sudo chown mysql.mysql /mysql/why.log > > But, this should have fixed it so mysqld could start writing > to it again... > > > >- and - > > >mysqladmin refresh > > > > > And, this should have written to it... > > This: > mysqladmin shutdown && /etc/rc.d/rc.mysql > > shouldn't have been necessary. See what I mean? > > Van > > -- > ================================================================= > Linux rocks!!! http://www.dedserius.com/ > ================================================================= > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
