On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:05:13PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: <snip> > > $ fuser -v bigfile # show process(es) using bigfile > $ fuser -vk bigfile # kill process(es) using bigfile > $ fuser -v bigfile # verify the kill worked > $ cat /dev/null > bigfile # "empty" the file > $ rm bigfile > > In general, you want to *empty* a file (cat /dev/null > file) before you > delete it, and you don't want to delete an open file. >
Why would you cat /dev/null into the file before removing it? -D
