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#1 2013-06-30 05:11:11
- dtomasiewicz
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Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
My ~/.Skype/Logs directory is full of binary .log and .trace.txt files ranging from 400 KB to 314.6 MB. Total size of the directory is 60 GB.
I'm assuming these can be safely deleted, but does anyone know what they contain? I'd think at 60 GB, it would have to be voice data unless there is some sort of error message that gets spammed constantly. Is there a way to read them? Googling didn't reveal much about them.
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#2 2013-06-30 05:24:36
- Squiddles
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
If I'm not mistaken, Skype keeps logs of your conversations so when you log back in and open a chat window you can see parts of your previous conversation with that person. I'm going to take a jab and say that's what those files are. I've safely deleted them previously if that helps at all.
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#3 2013-07-01 17:28:01
- Reded
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
Hi, I found these a while ago too - Yes they're safely removable 
You can also remove the Logs directory, that way the logs won't even be written to it.
Not a clue what they log sadly... But hopefully with a removed Logs file the logs won't be... Err, Logged 
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#4 2013-07-01 18:11:47
- brebs
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
It's crazy, but that's the price we pay for using NSA-approved proprietary software. I run in a startup script:
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#5 2013-07-01 22:01:13
- R00KIE
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
60GB in log files is a little too much, something weird must have happened for logs to grow that big, I don't even have any .log or .trace.txt files in my skype directory.
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#6 2013-07-01 22:14:05
- rutgerr
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
60GB in log files is a little too much, something weird must have happened for logs to grow that big, I don't even have any .log or .trace.txt files in my skype directory.
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#7 2013-07-03 10:38:51
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Re: Huge files in ~/.Skype/Logs
R00KIE wrote:60GB in log files is a little too much, something weird must have happened for logs to grow that big, I don't even have any .log or .trace.txt files in my skype directory.
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