Is it safe to remove or null STM log files?

[Bob House_1]

/var is getting full. I noticed that /var/stm/logs/os contains about 700 files such as log99.raw. It looks like each of the files is about .5 MB and the time stamps on most of them are over a year old.

Can I safely remove the older files?

[Steven E. Protter]

Yes it is safe to remove the files. They will be re-created next time you use the tool

cleanup -c 1

That will commit patches superseded more than 1 time. If you have been dutifully patching that will get you back some space.

SEP

[Pete Randall]

You might consider tar'ing them off to a tape, but I can't think of a reason to keep them.


Pete

[Jeroen Peereboom]

Hmmm,
cleanup is used to remove patch files, not STM logfiles...?!?

JP

[Steven E. Protter]

Another suggestion:

sam
routine tasks
Trim log files.

Maybe a lot of space to be had there.

SEP

[Chris Wilshaw]

Personally, I'd always go for nulling files rather than removing them - just to avoid the "missing space" situation that comes with deleting files that are in use.

As Pete stated, copying them to tape (or some other storage media) first is probably a good idea.