Deleting text from a text file

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by dpatrick:

I have an instument in the lab that writes data to a text file. I can read this text file and import the data into a DB. How can I delete the data in the text file after I have read it?

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This will be a function of the instrument. See if it can overwrite the file every now and again, or you could use AppleScript to delete the file.

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[dpatrick]

I have an instument in the lab that writes data to a text file. I can read this text file and import the data into a DB. How can I delete the data in the text file after I have read it?