Hi All,

I have a log file of size 160 MB and it is continuosly increasing. To reduce it want to make it empty at certain interval. To do this I use following command

echo "" > abc.log

as an alternative I've also used :

> abc.log

After using this command, I saw that file becomes 0 KB but suddenly after 15-20 seconds I found that file has again become 160 MB in size.

Please tell me the reason for this problem, and also tell me that how can I make my log file empty.

Thanks,
Ritesh Pandey

are you sure that no application is pumping in huge amounts of data in file after you empty it ?
and why dont you use logrotate

Hi,

I am 100% sure that no any other process is writting any bulk data in that file. And more important thing is that I got the same size file after making it empty after few seconds.

I am very confuse, why is it happening.

Thanks,
Ritesh