Super Newbie Question

Roman Neuhauser neuhauser+python-list#python.org at sigpipe.cz
Mon Apr 4 20:02:15 EDT 2005


# joeyjwc at gmail.com / 2005-04-04 16:39:27 -0700:
> In short, how might I go about deleting just the contents of a file?
> I tried several methods with my limited knowledge but had no luck.

    fd = open("your-file")
    fd.truncate()
    fd.close()

    or open("your-file", "w").close()
 
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