unlink will delete the file. The filename will no longer exist in a
directory listing also.
open FILE ">file.txt";
# You can then print to file.txt if you wish.
# If you do not write to the file, its size will be ZERO
system ("echo >file.txt")
# works also but size of the file is 1 byte
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perldoc -f unlink
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Hi,
I want to opena datafile and erase it's all it's contents. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Allison
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