suppose your file name is message.log then use:

echo “” > message.log

This will empty the file without having deleting it.

I want to remove apache logs after about a month. So I was going to set something up like this that I found online.

This is an example of a /etc/logrotate.d/httpd

/var/log/httpd/*.log {
daily
rotate 30
missingok
notifempty
sharedscripts
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript
}

Now from what I understand this will rotate the log daily meaning create a new log everyday. The 30 means that it will hold 30 of these logs before deleting them (or compressing if I put that option in there)

Also, before I go and set this up, I want to test it on 1 websites log incase I mess things up. Would it be ok to replace the line

/var/log/httpd/*.log
with
/var/log/httpd/”website”*.log to that affect to test in one website before doing all of them?

Does it sound like I’m on the right track or am I completely lost :) thanks again for your input.