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Linux.com news- 5 Reasons Infotainment is the First Target for Open Source Software in Cars May 17, 2013
- Friday Funnies : The Iron Penguin, Part 2 May 16, 2013
- Open Cloud Take Two: The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2013 May 16, 2013
- On the Job with a Linux Foundation Systems Administrator May 16, 2013
- How to Run Linux on ODROID-U2: A Monster of an ARM Machine May 15, 2013
- Best Linux Tools for Enterprise Developers and Systems Administrators May 15, 2013
- How to Run Fedora Linux on the MacBook Air Without Touching the SSD May 15, 2013
- The 3.10 Merge Window Closes May 14, 2013
- Debian 7.0 Wheezy: New Features You Need to Know About May 14, 2013
- Q&A: ownCloud Provides Secure File Sharing for the Enterprise May 14, 2013
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Slashdot- Ask Slashdot: Why Do Firms Leak Personal Details In Plain Text? May 19, 2013
- Data Center Managers Weary of Whittling Cooling Costs May 19, 2013
- Canadian Cellphone Users May Get Justice Over Phantom Charges May 18, 2013
- Wired Writer Imagines Google Island May 18, 2013
- Syrian Electronic Army Hits Financial Times Sites, Feeds May 18, 2013
- Arduino Branches Out, With a Plug-and-Program Robot May 18, 2013
- After Kickstarter Record, Pebble Smartwatch Lands $15M From VCs May 18, 2013
- Electronics-Loving 'Crazy Ants' Invading Southern US May 18, 2013
- Intel Rolls Out "Beacon Mountain" Android Dev Platform For Atom May 18, 2013
- Fed. Appeals Court Says Police Need Warrant to Search Phone May 18, 2013
Tag Archives: /dev/zero
Do not remove log files, but /dev/null them…
To many admins, logfiles are very handy, however sometimes they tend to get bigger and bigger, thus taking up a lot of space on your drive(s). The usual way to deal with such a problem is logrotation, implemented in many … Continue reading
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Tagged /dev/null, /dev/zero, admin, cat, commercial, linux, log, logfiles, non-commercial, open source, rm, sysadmin, touch, unix
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