How to clean (totally or not) Eclispe IDE .log file

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astrawally2002@yahoo.fr - 05 Dec 2005 14:56 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone knows how to clean up the .log file into Eclispe IDE
(Version: 3.0.0) localized in ..\eclipse\workspace\.metadata folder.

I used to have many problems during an old project installation and I
would like know to delete all the logs from this file.

It sized more than 1 Go (oups ! ) and contains many exceptions (I think
one or two exceptions repeated thousands and thousands times).

Notepad.exe or texpad.exe cannot open this file to delete log lines
(one by one or by blocks)...the file is too large.

Is there any tool for deleting these logs using parameters (deleting
logs from one date to another)...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

pm

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Igor Planinc - 05 Dec 2005 15:04 GMT

> Hi,
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> pm

echo "This log contains only this line" > eclipse.log

;-)

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astrawally2002@yahoo.fr - 05 Dec 2005 15:26 GMT

> > Hi,
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> ;-)

Why is it so difficult ?

Thanks ;-)

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Igor Planinc - 05 Dec 2005 15:50 GMT

>>>Hi,
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> Why is it so difficult ?

You don't have to open a file to remove all the content. You can simply create a
new one. Redirecting a stream in that particular way, does that. Sort of. The so
created log will contain the one-liner. ;-)

More Java-ish alternative would be something like:

new RandomAccessFile("eclipse.log", "rw").setLength(0);

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IchBin - 05 Dec 2005 17:00 GMT

>>> Hi,
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> Thanks ;-)

It is not that difficult. That would be a nice plugin but I do not think
there is such a utility. It just happens that you let the size of the
log grow just a bit to large. You could google around for an editor
that does not load the entire file into memory. Look at UltraEdit. Not
sure if that could do it. You may have to bite the bullet and erase the
log file this time.

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David Kerber - 05 Dec 2005 19:32 GMT

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> It is not that difficult. That would be a nice plugin but I do not think
> there is such a utility. It just happens that you let the size of the
> log grow just a bit to large. You could google around for an editor
> that does not load the entire file into memory. Look at UltraEdit. Not
> sure if that could do it. You may have to bite the bullet and erase the
> log file this time.

Yes, UltraEdit can handle files > 1GB on Windows NT or greater. I know
from first-hand experience. It's not the instant response I'm used to
from UltraEdit, but it works. Though if you had Win 9x, I wouldn't be
as confident...

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