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JJD
Asked: 2012-02-13 03:51:16 +0800 CST

How to empty GDM log files?

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I want to create a bugreport using ubuntu-bug and I would like to include the log files of Gnome Display Manager (GDM) which I found in /var/log/gdm. To minimize the noise that may be in the logs I would like to empty them before I reproduce the bug.

What is the best way to empty the log files?

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  1. Best Answer

    There are several ways to do this. You can move the log file to a backup with

    sudo mv gdm.log gdm.log.old

    and then you can create an empty file with

    sudo touch gdm.log
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