cleaning out log files?

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On Sunday 26 November 2006 18:37, Oliver Iberien wrote:
> I've noticed that my /var partition, on a machine being used as a desktop,
> is about 80% full and would like to know what in it can safely be deleted,
> or if there is some accepted way to trim log files down with a cron job,
> etc. Thanks!

Are you sure it's the log files, they should be rotated automatically. 

Try running running " du -md1 /var " (as root).