Debian Logs,

rm /var/logs
rm /var/logs/apache

should do it...

For your information.
rm deletes files
rm -R deletes directories.
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I do not want to delete the logs, since I am not sure all of them will be recreated. I was thinking more about reseting them. Thanks anyway. I hope somebody comes with a solution.

delete all files, and run for a day or to. And check which log files that dosnt get recreated and make at script like this:

rm /var/logs
touch /var/logs/lusy_log_that_dosnt_get_recreated
touch /var/logs/another_lousy_log

and ofcause you backup /var/logs before you start.

and by the way, i am familiare with the rm command, but im sure about one thing.
If you do rm -R /var/log  you wont get anylogs bicause the directories will not be recreate.

btw. why are we talking english?

Yeah I have thought about that too. the thing is that there are lots of directories inside the log directory. And If I plan to do this several times, it will take me long time. I think a perl script maybe could do the task. I dont know.
Anyways I think you deserve the 60 points even though the answer wont solve my questions. Still I think you tried.
Rgds
nb: Why english?, well because I am norwegian and if I write in norwegian you will think I do not know how to spell, as most of the danes think.

a perl script could solve it, but i think you could do a unhandy but easy trick:

type \"find /var/log>clog1\"
copy it to clog2 edit clog1 it with youre favorite editor and put rm in front of every line and then edit clog2 and put touch in front of every line.

The finaly put #!/bin/sh in top of every line
and make another script like this:


#!/bin/sh
./clog1
./clog2

call it clearlogs and save them all in a directory where they come handy :o)

  Mike

obs. you will get a error message for every directory in /var/lib because it tries to delete them.

Thanks

np