Re: How do i.....

[Ramakrishna <ramkyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 08 Jun 1999, VaibhaV Sharma wrote:
> hello,
> because in 2-3 days the system logs become so hefty that there is a lot of
> useless space occupied by the files in /var/log. esp. the messages.* files

Did you checkout chklogs program.  Its stated URL is
ftp.iaehv.nl:/pub/user/grimaldo/chklogs-1.8.tar.gz

After installing this, U can add a crontab entry like this:
00 22 * * *	/usr/local/sbin/chklogs -m           
This line should be cleaning up ur logs at 10.00 PM everyday.

Ramakrishna

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