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Re: /var/log cleanout



On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Mark Panzer wrote:

> Are system maintainers (su's) supposed to clean out the /var/log
> directory after a while?  Mine is up to 15MB and I don't think I really
> need to see if I connected to the internet on June 2nd.  Also is there a
> program which cleans this for you, or what is the correct way?  Thanks.

Your logfiles are getting rotated arent they? Is your box on 24/7? if not,
then It's probably not catching the 6:45am-ish cron job. try installing
anacron if that is the case.

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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