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automatically removing a file
Post 302289375 by danmero on Thursday 19th of February 2009 12:32:33 PM
02-19-2009
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Is there a script that i could write to automatically delete a file everytime that it is created (ex. i have an append file that is created everytime I run a program but I need it to get deleted automatically because everytime I run the program it add the original number of files appended given the wrong result.)
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