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svkrzn

macrumors regular
Original poster
Hello, is it safe to delete files in /var/log/DiagnosticMessages ?
The fact is that i noticed in console that a lot of messages seem to be corrupted and cannot be read:
Code:
13/02/11 23.43.06	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2010.08.29.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.03.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.04.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.05.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.06.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.07.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.08.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.09.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.10.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.11.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.12.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.14	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	asl_file_open_read() failed on path /var/log/DiagnosticMessages/2011.02.13.asl with error Operation Failed
13/02/11 23.43.29	SubmitDiagInfo[8936]	SubmitDiagInfo successfully uploaded 4 diagnostic messages.

And only 4 were uploaded. Most are of 2010. I just trimmed the errors because there was about 40 of these.
 
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