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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers cleaning log files Post 41611 by rocker40 on Thursday 9th of October 2003 12:17:46 PM
Old 10-09-2003
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Originally posted by Kelam_Magnus

cp log.orig log.bak.<date>
compress log.bak.<date>
> log.orig [/B]
This would not delete the file name would it ? just clean whats in it ? using >log.orig ?

Isn't there a way to use the [truncate] command also?
like [truncate log.orig] would this delete every thing but recent entries ?


Last edited by rocker40; 10-09-2003 at 01:26 PM..
 

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strclean(1M)															      strclean(1M)

NAME
strclean - remove outdated STREAMS error log files SYNOPSIS
logdir] age] DESCRIPTION
cleans the STREAMS error logger directory of log files mm-dd) that contain error messages sent by the STREAMS log driver, strlog(7). If the option is not used to specify another directory, removes error log files in the directory. If the option is not used to specify another age, removes error log files that have not been modified in three days. Options recognizes the following options and command-line arguments: Specifies a directory for the location of the STREAMS error log files to be removed if this is not the default directory Specifies a maximum age in days for the STREAMS error log files if this not the default age of 3. The value of age must be an integer greater than or less than 3. EXAMPLES
Remove day-old error log files from a directory called FILES
One or more error log file or files on which operates. The mm-dd in the filename indicates the month and day of the messages con- tained in the file. NLS catalog for SEE ALSO
strerr(1M), strlog(7). strclean(1M)
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