Does anyone know how to delete all log files, they are taking up so much diskspace and it would take forever to delete them manually so does anyone know a command I can run through SSH run to delete all log files? Something that would search server wide for *.log and delete them all, anyone know how to do that? I need to do it on a Weppliance 3.1 server if that helps. Any help would be GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTLY appericated, thanks!

find / -name *.log -print

Should find them all. You'll need to run that as root. I would not suggest automatically deleting them. Some processes might not like you removing their log while they are running.

Frank

But there is about 2,000 of them so I need something that will delete them all.... Anyone know how I can do this??

Anyone know....?

You can arrange the logs datewise and can delete the old logs at least.

How do I do that?

:eek:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=33

You might want to post a request there... someone would probally do what you want for $10 :)

You should employ a program that automatically rotates your logs so that you will never have to face this problem again. I use newsyslog, but there are others.

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=newsyslog&section=projects&x=0&y=0

(I don't wanna be rude or anything, but if you don't know how to delete some files you shouldn't manage a UNIX 'puter.)

You could try this:

find / -name "*.log" -exec cp --reply=yes /dev/null {} \;

That will empty all log files instead of deleting them. Some programs, like apache, will get very cranky if you delete a log file while they are running.

It's probably a better idea to rotate your log files as others have said. You never know when you'll have a problem and really wish you had those log files so that you can see what happened.

Richard

I got this...

[root@host root]# cd ..
[root@host /]# find /home/virtual/ -name "*.log" -exec cp --reply=yes /dev/null {} \;
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
cp: unrecognized option `--reply=yes'
Try `cp --help' for more information.

Any idea what's wrong..?

Try "man cp" to get the cp options. I believe you want cp -i not cp --reply=yes

Frank

hmm

dont delete all the logs
i once delete some log and it crash my control panel
delete just the logs of the sites

The --reply=yes was so that it wouldn't prompt for the overwrite on each file. It worked on the mandrake box I was on, but it didn't work on the red hat box I just tried. Not sure how to force it to overwrite without prompting.

Richard

find / -name "*.log" -exec cp -f /dev/null {} \;

I tried cp -f on a red hat box and it still prompts :(

Richard

Just remembered red hat does an

alias cp='cp -i'

so, do

unalias cp

then you can use

find / -name "*.log" -exec cp /dev/null {} \;

Richard

I would

1. cd /

2. rm -r *.log and keep my fingers crossed.

[edit] I did not see Noldar's post above. Thats the fix