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AltostratusIs it safe to delete rewrite* files in /var/log?
Hello, I'm having huge amount of rewrite* files in the /var/log and I would like to know if it's safe to delete them? I have old one (3 weeks) different from current ones like rewrite3.1, rewrite5.1...
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AltostratusHi Dario,
Thanks for answering.
I'm not using VDI so this is strange...
The rewrite files are quite a few and some start with rewrite1, rewrite2, ... others a little older with rewrite1.1 , rewrite2.1, etc...
Use have BIG-IP VE version 14.1
Thanks.
Kind regards,
NS
Instead of deleting them with 'rm', you could also wipe their content, like for example:
'cat /dev/null > /var/log/rewrite1.1'
This will empty the file, but will be less disruptive. For more info on cleaning up files this way see:
https://superuser.com/questions/849413/why-would-you-cat-dev-null-var-log-messages
