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lpanebr
Asked: 2015-01-09 03:15:26 +0800 CST

Very large var/log/apache2/deflate_log file

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The file /var/log/apache2/deflate_log is taking up 8G!

Is it safe to remove it?

How to proceed to remove and prevent it from growing this large?

thanks!

apache2

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  1. Best Answer

    It would be good to rotate the log regularly if necessary (look for logrotate configuration). For now - I'd recommend emptying the file rather then removing it (it can be still open for writing; removing such file will lead to some "inconsistencies" in the system - while file will be removed from the filesystem, the access will still be allocated for the process to write to it and space will not be really emptied/returned to the system/disk unless process is restarted freeing the space - ooph, I guess this sentence may look a bit complicated ;), but it's, in fact, fairly simple)

    To empty the log run the following command: >/var/log/apache2/deflate_log

    just be careful, not to erase something else by mistake.

    In this way anyway you won't need to restart apache.

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