Hi,
See:
perldoc -f truncate
Teddy
- Original Message -
From: Tony Frasketi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: beginners@perl.org
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:33 AM
Subject: Emptying a log file
Hello Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents
Or... another non-perl solution:
echo log.txt
Teddy
- Original Message -
From: Bryan R Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Beginners Perl beginners@perl.org
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: Emptying a log file
Not a perl solution, but:
cp /dev/null myfile
Hello Listers
Thanks very much for all the suggestions for solving my problem with
clearing out my log file I've followed the suggestion by
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and it does the job for me...
---
open FD, filename;
---
What a
Hello Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that
I'd like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
thanks in advance
Tony
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For
Tony Frasketi wrote:
Hello
Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that
I'd like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
thanks in advance
Tony
just opening
2005/8/11, Binish A R [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Tony Frasketi wrote:
Hello Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that I'd
like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
Not a perl solution, but:
cp /dev/null myfile
- B
Hello Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that
I'd like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
thanks in
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Binish A R wrote:
Tony Frasketi wrote:
Hello Listers
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file
that I'd like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file
size.
On Aug 11, Tony Frasketi said:
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that I'd
like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
The truncate() function, which takes a filename OR a
Is there any way in perl to effectively clear the contents of an
***existing*** file (making the file empty) ? I have a log file that
I'd like to empty out after it reaches a certain maximum file size.
You can to check the file size and empty the file easily as,
Shell actions:
a) filename
10 matches
Mail list logo
