How do I delete rabbbitmq logs without affecting the tracing process

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Java

HTTP

RabbitMQ

I am using the firehose tracer in RabbitMQ.

For this example, I have a queue called Calculator bound to a headers exchange.

To read the logs using a Java client, I am using the HTTP API to read the log files using this code :

URL url = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:15672/api/trace-files/calculator.log");

HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

connection.setRequestMethod("GET");

String userpass = "guest" + ":" + "guest";
String basicAuth = "Basic " + javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(userpass.getBytes());

connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);
connection.connect();

BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));

Problem is, I want to delete the logs right after I read them since they are no longer needed.

Is there a way to delete the log files contents without affecting the tracing process?

What I have tried:

I tried deleting the log file located in /var/tmp/rabbitmq/, The tracing won't work anymore.