[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [cobalt-users] Free up space on /var
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Free up space on /var
- From: "John Theriault" <cabal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Mar 26 11:19:01 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott genevish" <genevish@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Free up space on /var
> OK, I've discovered it's a 170 MB log in the /var/lib/mysql
> directory. How do I archive it and start a new one?
>
> -Scott
>
Try this:
tar cvf <filename.tar> <filename>
Then:
gzip <filename.tar>
This should do it. If the file is still too big, you might consider moving
it elsewhere in your filesystem.
John