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log file of 117Mo can i delete it ?

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haux

haux

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Apr 11, 2001
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I have in our school server a log file (/var/log/mysqld.log) which is 117Mo !!!
can i do
rm -f /var/log/mysqld.log
echo "" > /var/log/mysqld.log

Thank you for all
 
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Hi,

After removing the file you would create an empty one with 'touch':

rm -f /var/log/mysqld.log
touch /var/log/mysqld.log

It might be a good idea to stop mysql before and restart after...

Regards
 
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