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. > > thanks in advance > Tony > > just opening the file in write mode will empty the file .. > > open FD, ">filename";
And close it immediately of course ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
