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Old 02-01-2012
Lot of warn files filling /
hi guys

I have suse 11 sp1 and I have a lot of warn file filling / these are under /var/log


there's this big one
Code:
-rw-r----- 1 root root 3.9G Feb  1 10:28 warn
warn: ASCII text

and the others that are about 2.5 to 3MB - they are about 130 warn-*.bz2

Code:
-rw-r----- 1 root root 3.9G Feb  1 10:28 warn
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.7M Oct 24 09:45 warn-20111024.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.5M Oct 25 09:52 warn-20111025.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.6M Oct 26 09:45 warn-20111026.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.5M Oct 27 09:50 warn-20111027.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.6M Oct 28 10:00 warn-20111028.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.5M Oct 29 09:46 warn-20111029.bz2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 2.6M Oct 30 09:43 warn-20111030.bz2

any idea how to get rid of these?
thanks a lot
# 2  
Old 02-01-2012
Have you actually looked at any of their contents? Opening them in an editor would be a bad idea, so try head...
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Old 02-01-2012
I will check

thanks
 
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