clear /var/log/messages

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Subject: clear /var/log/messages
From: Jim <lawrence.jim@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:55:29 -0500
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any way of clearing out the file or backing it up once a week so you
could start with a new log ?

-- 
James Lawrence
Rochester NY

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