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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > -- > -Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- -Shawn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20131203/86d54f73/attachment-0001.html>