François Cerbelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you can "truncate" the file with the folowing bash line : > > /var/log/mail.err
> or the following portable line : > echo > /var/log/mail.err Neither of those will work in this instance, as the file is held open for writing. On the next write, the data will be written into the file at the same place as if you hadn't truncated it (all the preceding data will appear to be NULLs). Incidentally, "echo > x" writes a newline to the file, so it's not zero length. You might like to use ": > x" instead. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
