[P1] slow iBook

[Zoki]

Le 24/11/2003 16:11, « Don Hinkle » <donhinkle at mac.com> a écrit :

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> Just dragging them to a backup doesn't empty them in anyway. Am I
> supposed to Delete the contents after the drag?

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*** Yes. if you're sure your drag/drop has been saved, you empty (not
delete) the folder with the mails you just backuped.


> and... - Logs
> Removes old logs. Run this once in a while.
> 
> what do logs do?


*** Logs are ASCII text files which record everything you and the system
does on your Mac OS X. They're to be found in /var/log and are of use to
people who know a bit of UNIX and want to find out what's happening. You
could check the logs if e.g. an application keeps freezing to find out why.

These files are normaly rotated (truncated and compressed and eventually
deleted) when your machine is running 24/24. The file which controls this is
/etc/crontab. On an i(power)Book these files tend to grow because normaly
the truncation is done around 3:00AM when you're book is off. So, you use
Cocktail to run these log delete jobs when you see fit.

-- 
Cheers,
Zoran. 

Windows software isn't released, it's allowed to escape.