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Reduce size of log files [message #97205]

Thu, 17 January 2002 03:22

Michael Bailey
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Registered: February 2001

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Hi, I have a few log files that are massive and I understand there is a way of reducing the size of them down to 0 without going into vi and removing a section of lines at a time. Does anyone know the command to do this?.

I'm using AIX.

Thanks,

Michael Bailey.

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Re: Reduce size of log files [message #97207 is a reply to message #97205]

Fri, 18 January 2002 13:58

noel mendoza
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Registered: January 2002

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Are you referring to the alert.log files? If so, just rename the current file. Oracle creates a new one for the next log entry.

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Re: Reduce size of log files [message #97210 is a reply to message #97205]

Sun, 20 January 2002 23:04

Michael Bailey
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Registered: February 2001

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It's not just the alert log files, I know how to do them but it's the log files whenever I do a system administration job using SMIT (it's a sys admin tool) and files like that. I understand a unix command exists that will empty the file without actually going into it and removing ever line but I can't seem to find this command.

Thanks, Michael Bailey.

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