On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, another newbie question. :-) > This is something I have been wondering about for awhile. Is there a program on my >Mdk system that looks after log files? To keep them from getting too large? Or is >there a ceiling on how big these files can get? Seems like wasted space after a while. > > My /var/log/messages & /var/log/syslog are 4.5 and 4.8mb respectively. They have >messages going back to my install date on Oct 4. Will these files just continue to >grow? I know, dumb question. But, inquiring minds want to know. > > TIA for any feedback. :-) > > --Angus >
There is a "cap" on the logs, yes. The cap is directly determined by the amount of free space that you have left on your drive. Once the logfiles grow to such an extent as to compromise the available free space, the syslog daemon will then begin to delete unwanted binaries from your system, along with other unused and unproductive things like bookmarks, mp3 files, avi's, mpeg's, wallpapers, gif's, jpg's, user accounts and etc. There does come a time when the log files have grown so large that the actual OS itself, if it can't be compressed and run in RAM, is thence deleted itself, and upon next boot, you are notified that you should have maintained your log files from the very beginning by deleting the unwanted logfiles, or out of date log files. At that point, you have to completely reinstall and then configure your log files properly. -- Mon Dec 9 12:55:01 EST 2002 12:55pm up 16:40, 5 users, load average: 0.80, 0.84, 0.67 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Thus spake the master programmer: "When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
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