title: System.log and Exception.log size and maintenance?
body: <p>Our developer left a few weeks ago, so I have been attempting to get myself a little more acquainted with the systems and troubleshoot a few issues around the site. </p>
  
  <p>I attempted to look at our log files in var/log/ before realizing that they are, erm, several GB each. Despite knowing almost nothing about how big an ideal log file should be, the fact that this file very handily crashed my computer seems like maybe it's too big. Before my computer crashed, I could see that there are records in the file that are over five months old. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Is it safe to simply delete system.log and exception.log?</strong> </p>
  
  <p>When I search for this, I get a lot of results related to Log Cleaning... </p>
  
  <p>In Magento there are settings under System to turn on 'Log Cleaning', but I suspect that has nothing to do with these two log files because a) it looks like it is set to clear it daily and b) cron is set up. If I am incorrect about that, please let me know so I can look into why that is not working correctly.</p>