[mail_lists] Re: cleaning out files

[CARTER Anthony]

Yep, I want to clean out my log files in /var/log, but some of the log files 
don't get re-created automatically (I get errors at bootup about some logs 
not existing) if I just rm them.

Thanks,

Anthony

On Friday 04 April 2003 13:00, Jim wrote:
> On Friday 04 April 2003 02:39, Stijn Hoop wrote:
>
> The best way is simply doing:
>
> bash]$ > filename
>
> This clears the file out without destroying any open file descriptors on
> the file.
>
> - Jim
>
> | On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:27:46PM +0200, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> | > How do I clean the contents of text files without actually removing the
> | > files?
> |
> | $ echo -n > $FILE
> |
> | Works for me, there are various other ways. You will end up with a 0-byte
> | file, is that what you mean by 'cleaning'?
> |
> | --Stijn