>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Dan Fish wrote:
>
> > system("myscript.pl arg1 arg2 > myfile.txt");
> >
> > What is the easiest way to prevent "myfile.txt" from being
> created if
> > the script dies or produces no output? (It seems the shell
> will always
> > create myfile.txt, regardless)
>
> Would it be enough to just delete the file if it's empty?
>
> du myfile.txt | grep '^0' && rm myfile.txt
>
> That seems easier than any other approach i can think of.
>
How about something like this, in your perl program:
-z $file && unlink $file;
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