[lug] Re: Linux command to over write a file with an empty file.

Hello Jdhog

 

try this command :

 

cat>file_name.log

 

this will overwrite you current log.

 

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From: "jdhog" <justind40@vitallease.com>

To: "Linux Users Group" <linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com>

Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:23 AM

Subject: [lug] Linux command to over write a file with an empty file.

>
> Is there a linux command which will allow me to truncate or over write
> a file to get rid of the original files contents and make it an empty
> file?  My situation is that I have a log file that is growing extremely
> fast.  When it gets to large, the file script that is writing to the
> file crashes.  I tried copying the file to a sub directory and then
> deleting the original file.  The script will create a new file if it
> doesn't exists.  The problem is that cp and mv commands both seem to
> carry the symbolic link with the copied or moved file and thus the
> script keeps writing to the moved or copied file.  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
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