Tidying up log files

[Frost Support]

Hi everyone

Has anyone any automated scripts to cycle log files such as syslog.log, xferlog and wtmp thus reducing disk usage ?

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

There are some good suggestions in this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x0420b941255cd71190080090279cd0f9,00.html


Pete

[Pete Randall]

And Jordan Bean has a script that might suit you in this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xf03163f96280d711abdc0090277a778c,00.html


Pete

[John Meissner]

I generally use SAM to trim log files. it's very easy and I can get them all in one shot.

[Jos Francois]

Attached a script that cleans (reduces) log files from unix and oracle. This script runs on all our ux systems