Root filesystem full: /var/log > 1.8 GB

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

2008/10/13 Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net>:

>> > cat /dev/null > /var/log/$some_log
>>
>> "cat /dev/null" is an expensive way to spell "true" or ":", a command
>> which does nothing.
>
> How does one empty a logfile with 'true' or ':' and make sure logging
> is not adversely effected?

true >/var/log/$some_log

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Marcin Kowalczyk
qrczak at knm.org.pl
http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/