david_albert@comcast.net wrote:

> -rw-------  1 root  wheel  36183077 Mar  2 22:44 /var/log/maillog
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  23935707 Mar  2 08:39 /var/log/messages
 :
> What is the trick to moving or deleting files in /var/log?

newsyslog(8) does the trick.

Make sure you have:
- /etc/newsyslog.conf (in etc.tgz)
- "0 * * * * /usr/bin/newsyslog" entry in crontab(5) file for root
  (or use /var/cron/tabs/root in etc.tgz)
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Izumi Tsutsui