On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:19:17 -0800, Cecil Watson said:
> I'm trying to help a friend with a problem. He has some scripts on a
> webserver, the problem is when ever the script runs and it needs to
> write to a file, it deletes the content of the file(s). Anyone got any
> ideas?! Thanks in advance,
As a real newbie to linux and with next to nil scripting experience
And without seeing the script in question (You didn't post it for
the EXPERT gurus on this list to parse)
May I suggest that he is missing a redirection eg using a single >
instead of a >> to add to his file.
Worked(s) in MSdos - bet it works here too. Substitue copy for cat
cat text > text1 Just copys it to a file called text1 If the file
does
not exist it is created else it is replaced
cat text >> text1 adds to the already exiting file called Text1
Cheers
John (newbie too)
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