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.
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