$logfile

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I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?
 
Roedy Green said:
I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?
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You did not tell us where this file resides, forcing us
to guess. The usual method is to move such files into
a holding directory, wait a week or two, then delete
them if all is well.
 
I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?
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I discovered this file is used for NTFS journalling, the quick
before-looks (to use an old CODASYL database term) that make NTFS
crashproof. I am surprised it needs such a large file.
 
You did not tell us where this file resides, forcing us
to guess. The usual method is to move such files into
a holding directory, wait a week or two, then delete
them if all is well.
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there is one in the root of each partition.
 
Roedy said:
I discovered this file is used for NTFS journalling, the quick
before-looks (to use an old CODASYL database term) that make NTFS
crashproof. I am surprised it needs such a large file.
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It has to be quite large for performance reasons. You can change the
size of it with chkdsk. For example, if you want it to be 32 MB

chkdsk C: /L:32768
 
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