logging and tailing

[fandelem]

What is the cleanest way to erase a log file? Right now, I have it "cp -f /home/kdavis/messages /var/log/messages"
(the file in /home/kdavis is just blank) but when I try to tail it again - nothing will be logged!

What is the cleanest way to clear up 1-8000 line logfiles *and* be able to do a tail to it and have it keep logging?
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[asb555]

you can clean the file by doing:

"> filename" at the commandline,
in order to do a tail and have it keep logging do:

tail -f filename

Hope this is what you needed!!