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Old 02-19-2009
automatically removing a file
Hello,

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.)

thanks in advance!
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Old 02-19-2009
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Originally Posted by TDS
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.)
Maybe you don't want to create that file Smilie
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Old 02-19-2009
but i don't know how not to create it because it is created automatically when i run my sas program through the append statement.
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Old 02-19-2009
You can do something like
Code:
rm file && run_application

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