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Old 06-19-2007
Clear log file in use.

Hai,
I have a program which updates the result in a log file, as the program runs 24*7,the size of log file keeps on increasing.
Can you help me with a shell command which will clear the content of a log file in use.

1) I tried tail -10 logfile > logfile ( the content is not changed )
2) > logfile ( no change in filesize )
3) echo -n >logfile ( no change in filesize )

Please advice.

Thanks in advance
Coolbhai
coolbhai
 

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pipelog.conf(4) 						   File Formats 						   pipelog.conf(4)

NAME
pipelog.conf - pipelog configuration for libpipelog.so of the plugins of gnome-system-log file SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/gnome-system-log/plugins/pipelog.conf DESCRIPTION
The libpipelog.so is a plugin for gnome-system-log(1), it runs commands through pipes and get the output of the individual pipe as a log content. Users can copy the file into $HOME/.gnome2/gnome-system-log/plugins/`uname -p` to overwrite the system default one. The syntax of pipelog.conf file is: <log path><whitespace><command> <command> may be a simple program name (which will be found in $PATH) or an absolute path of a binary with arguments list. "%s" can be included in <command> zero or one time, will be replaced by <log path> in runtime. FILES
/usr/lib/gnome-system-log/plugins/pipelog.conf The system default configuration file for the plugin libpipelog.so $HOME/.gnome2/gnome-system-log/plugins/`uname -p`/pipelog.conf The user specific configuration file for the plugin libpipelog.so EMAMPLE
/var/adm/wtmpx last /var/adm/utmpx /bin/last -f %s SEE ALSO
gnome-system-log(1), grablogs.conf(4) gnome-utils 2.16.0 13 Oct 2006 pipelog.conf(4)
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