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Erasing big log files using the script with Crontab
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| LOGFILESYSLOG=/var/log/syslog | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILESYSLOG" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILESYSLOG | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILESYSLOG1=/var/log/syslog.1 | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILESYSLOG1" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILESYSLOG1 | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEKERN=/var/log/kern.log | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEKERN" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEKERN | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEKERN1=/var/log/kern.log.1 | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEKERN1" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEKERN1 | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEMSG=/var/log/messages | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEMSG" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEMSG | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEMSG1=/var/log/messages.1 | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEMSG1" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEMSG1 | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEDEBUG=/var/log/debug | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEDEBUG" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEDEBUG | |
| fi | |
| LOGFILEDEBUG1=/var/log/debug.1 | |
| if [ -f "$LOGFILEDEBUG1" ]; then | |
| echo "" > $LOGFILEDEBUG1 | |
| fi |
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