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Re: /var/log/messages



On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:39:11PM -0500, Richard Beri wrote:
> 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).  

I wouldn't delete logs.  Sometimes you need them.  Go install
logrotate if it's not alredy installed, if it is, play with the
settings until you get something a bit more desirable.  It'll keep
your logs pruned.

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