sam error message

[augusto cossa]

Good day,

I would like to trim some files using SAM but here is an error message below:

"an error occured after the trim while trying to save the remaining log information to the file "/var/adm/syslog/mail.logSAMTRM" you should examine this file to see if its contents are correct.

What to do, because I have examined this files and seems to be good.

avice

Augusto

[Stefan Farrelly]

To get more info on the error SAM received when it was trying to trim this file take a look at the bottom of the sam logfile, /var/sam/log/samlog

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Since you seem to thick the countents of the file is correct, dont bother about SAM's message,
If you are later in trouble, I would synchronize by hand this tome the syslog and mail.log files:
cd /var/adm/syslog
mv mail.log OLDmail.log
mv syslog.log syslog.log.OLD

And restart syslogd:
cd /sbin/init.d
./syslogd stop
./syslogd start

Good luck

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Hi Augusto,

The error occured because the file was being written to while the trim command was executing. Ignore it, trim files when system is less busy.

Cheers!

[Rick Garland]

The file you are trying to trim is open and being written to.

There will be differences is the files because of the newly written info.