Date:  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:37:36 -0500
From:  Brian <brian-list (at mark) comcast.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11239] Re: /var problem again...
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On Nov 26, 2007, at 8:09 AM, TUNC ERESEN Skype: eresen wrote:

> I just cleaned /var/log large log files  but  still /var is  3625.76
> 4030.31, how could I reduce the size of the /var folder
> Any rm line I can enter to remove all log files,
>
> Regards
>
> Tunc Eresen

Careful with that, depending on the program/daemon doing the logging,  
just whacking (deleting) the entire log file can give you lots of  
errors when the file doesn't exist and the program needs to open it;   
you can find yourself recreating a bunch of empty files by hand- not  
a lot of fun.