You can't delete an open file and expect the size to be freed up.  You
either need to simply zero the file by catting /dev/null into it (not
recommended for historical purposes), or rotate the logs.  Look into
logrotate, it'll resolve your problems.


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote:

> It was a hack attempt in the first place - a simple delete… but I could
> add restart of apache into the mix… maybe that will resolve it?
>
> On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Shawn Fertch <sfertch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is more of a hack solution, and doesn't do anything to resolve the
> real issue.  It sounds more like the file is open, and being deleted, which
> doesn't remove the inodes.
>
> How is the log file being cleaned out?  Zeroing it, logrotate, or some
> other method?  Does the application need to be bounced briefly, or would
> simply zeroing the file do the trick?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to reset this without rebooting the server every 60
>>> minutes?
>>
>>
>> A umount/mount cycle on that fs will typically clear out this sort of
>> thing. *If* you keep your logs on a separate fs (which everyone *should* be
>> doing) it's faster than a reboot, but obviously not ideal, as it may
>> require a bit of downtime each cycle.
>>
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