2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/squashfu b/squashfu
index 48f5df7..3fff945 100755
--- a/squashfu
+++ b/squashfu
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ action_backup () {
     fi
   done
 
+  if ((${#TRUNCATE_LOGS[@]} != 0)); then
+    find "${TRUNCATE_LOGS[@]}" -type f \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.log.*" \) ! -name "*.gz" -exec truncate -s 0 {} \; -o -name "*.gz" -exec rm -f {} \;
+  fi
+
   check_for_resquash
   [[ val=$? -gt 0 ]] && create_new_squash $val
 
diff --git a/squashfu.conf b/squashfu.conf
index cfd6da1..59dcee7 100644
--- a/squashfu.conf
+++ b/squashfu.conf
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ INCLUDES=(
 
 EXCLUDES=(
 /lost+found
-/var/log
 ) #end excludes
 
+TRUNCATE_LOGS=(
+/var/log
+) #end truncate logs
+