[LBo] /var/log directory

[Howard Rosen]

Recently Stefan referred to messages stored in /var/log.  I just checked
my /var/log directory and here is what I found:

Number of Lines
hrosen70 at linux:~> cd /var/log
hrosen70 at linux:/var/log> ll | wc -l
<...snip...>
60

Number of Characters
hrosen70 at linux:/var/log> ll | wc -m
<...snip...>
4112
hrosen70 at linux:/var/log>

I'd like to reduce this directory to a smaller amount, but I am not
familiar with the contents and, of course, do not want to loose anything
vital.  Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks in advance,

Howard