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#204197 - 2012-02-03 05:11 PM Clear the contents of a file
Bonji Bonji Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-09-28 Posts: 169 Loc: Virginia	I feel like I must be missing something simple, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to clear a text file to just be blank. Deleting the file and re-creating it is my usual solution, but in this case it will not work because the users that need a cleared out file only have access to this file specifically. If they delete the file, they do not have rights to create a new one. Modifying rights on this folder is not an option, either. Any ideas?
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#204198 - 2012-02-03 05:27 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: Bonji]
Bonji Bonji Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2001-09-28 Posts: 169 Loc: Virginia	Well, I finally came up with a way to clear out a file: Code: Break On $oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") $oFile = $oFSO.OpenTextFile(@ScriptDir + "\Test.txt", 2) $ = $oFile.Write("") $ = $oFile.Close() $oFile = "Nothing" $oFSO = "Nothing" I would prefer not to use a FSO object for this, but if nothing else works then this will have to do.
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#204199 - 2012-02-03 05:36 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: Bonji]
BradV BradV Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2006-08-16 Posts: 687 Loc: Maryland, USA	in a batch file you could use "cat /dev/null > test.txt" It will give you an error, but will clear it out. I seem to remember there is a way to do this with standard DOS commands, but I can't remember. $\:\)$
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#204200 - 2012-02-03 06:01 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: BradV]
ShaneEP ShaneEP MM club member Registered: 2002-11-29 Posts: 2127 Loc: Tulsa, OK	How about... Code: $nul = RedirectOutput("\\path\to\file\test.txt",1) ? "" $nul = RedirectOutput("")
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#204204 - 2012-02-04 04:40 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: ShaneEP]
ShaneEP ShaneEP MM club member Registered: 2002-11-29 Posts: 2127 Loc: Tulsa, OK	Or better yet... Code: $nul = RedirectOutput("\\path\to\file\test.txt",1) $nul = RedirectOutput("")
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#204205 - 2012-02-04 04:45 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: ShaneEP]
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	hmm... wonder if that actually re-creates the file instead of just emptying it... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#204206 - 2012-02-04 05:10 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: Lonkero]
ShaneEP ShaneEP MM club member Registered: 2002-11-29 Posts: 2127 Loc: Tulsa, OK	I've wondered the same thing, but I don't have the account to test it. Windows XP Home edition is much use when it comes to testing security. haha
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#204207 - 2012-02-05 11:29 AM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: Lonkero]
Mart Mart KiX Supporter Registered: 2002-03-27 Posts: 4673 Loc: The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: Lonkero hmm... wonder if that actually re-creates the file instead of just emptying it... Hmmmm....interesting. I did some testing and it looks like it actually empties the file. Regular users do not have write permissions in the folder but do have write permissions on the file. Creation date and time stays the same. I do not see the file being deleted when I place some sleeps in the code. It just results in an empty file. _________________________ Mart - Chuck Norris once sold ebay to ebay on ebay.
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#204208 - 2012-02-05 03:06 PM Re: Clear the contents of a file [Re: Mart]
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	that's good. Edited by Lonkero (2012-02-05 03:06 PM) _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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