how to purge wtmp file

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From: steved
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 17:46

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I just noticed my /private/wtmp file today (and some other fairly large files  
in /private/adm).  These seem to grow indefinitely....

I reviewed the man pages but didn't find an easy way to manage these files, but  
in poking around in /private/tmp I found the "monthly" and "weekly" shell  
scripts.  I ran these manually and they seemed to pare down the nasty files (my  
machine is not networked, so I don't need all the otherwise neat history in  
these files) Does anyone use these shell scripts, and if so, how do you set  
them up in crontab?

Yeah, I know, I'm a UNIX niminal.....

Steve
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Steve Dieringer NeXTMail:  steved@essex.com
   or, if that doesn't work:
      steved%bullwinkle.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu

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From: steved@essex.com
Subject: how to purge wtmp file
Message-ID: <1992Sep8.174653.3657@essex.com>
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:46:53 GMT
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