Kernel debugging is taking up my HD space!

-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26894118401 26 Jun 00:36 /var/log/daily.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7082 1 Jun 10:32 /var/log/monthly.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 6525 23 Jun 09:27 /var/log/weekly.out
All of that daily.out log is just kernel debugging, around 26GB worth of it. Any ideas on how to stop it without deleting the daily.out log?

This is what I don't understand. A get info on the drive show this:
However, when I do a get info of the contents of the drive, I find this:
This totals almost 66GB. Where are those other files? I don't run Boot Camp or VM.

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johncdaly1955 wrote:
In itunes my iphone shows up as having nearly 8GB of "Other"...what is taking up all this space?
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A ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...
First Try a Restore from Backup...
But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup...
Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
More Info Here...
maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone
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