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  • 1.  Clear /var/log/kern and syslogd

    Posted Mon December 01, 2008 10:18 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    What the correct way to clear the /var/log/kern and syslogd on AIX 5.2
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  • 2.  Re: Clear /var/log/kern and syslogd

    Posted Tue December 02, 2008 09:05 PM

    Originally posted by: chrissmith


    Recommend using rotation to manage syslog files
    http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/cmds/aixcmds5/aixcmds5.pdf

    Otherwise
    clear the file
    1. > /var/log/kern
    then refersh syslog
    1. refresh -s syslogd

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