Re: /var/log/messages
Richard Beri wrote:
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> My /var/log/messages and messages.0 are getting very large. messages alone is almost 500 meg. Is is safe to delete these files (I don't need to read any back error messages). My syslog is also reaching 500 meg ais that safe to be deleted. Will they be auto-created again?
Prior to deleting any logfiles, perhaps, you might want to know whether
or not there is anything inside the logfile that is important?
If I had a logfile that large, I would assume that there is something
wrong with my system. Only after careful scrutiny of that logfile, and
correction of all conditions generating verbose messages, then I would
consider deleting said logfiles.
What do you think?
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