I have a gi-hugeeeee access_log file (1.2 gig) and I would like to know how to zero it out, e.g., get rid of all the data and start afresh. Since I don't know anything about server management, I was hoping someone could give me a lead on where to start.
TIA
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Greg K posted this at 17:36—14th July 2005.
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if you don't care about the data in there, then just delete it and it should start over with a new file.
If you are using a unix/bsd machine, do a search for either logrotate or rotatelog. i think that was the program that you can set up in the cron files or soemthing to rotate the log files every set time. (ours does it each sunday, access_log becomes access_log.0 and access_log.0 becomes access_log.1, etc. it keeps 4 old weeks worth.)
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Dami posted this at 17:37—14th July 2005.
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Thanks, Greg! I appreciate it!
mairving posted this at 18:25—14th July 2005.
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A large log file can impact perfomance since it takes a bit longer to access it. Is this the access log for the server or the http log.
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Dami posted this at 20:38—14th July 2005.
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Goodness, Mark. I used to live in Lakeland, Bartlett and Raleigh!
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