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Re: About locking

2010-02-06 18:23:04
"Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol(_at_)isolution(_dot_)nl> writes:

Harry Putnam wrote:

I have a rule that collects the headers from mail and writes them to a
file. 

I want to trim this file periodically by way of a perl script and cron
job.

Or just make a YYYYMMDD-filename from the current date
I parse the From_ for that.

Not sure I follow how making a dated file name will trim (shorten) a
file.  

Unless your suggestion involves writing 1 file for each header block.
Something I hadn't considered.

That would eliminate any collision problems when getting rid of older
files in some useful systematic way.

However, I initially wanted the information to set in a single log
file for perusal, but I guess I could compile such a log at any time
just by combing the existing single files.

Thanks, your suggestion would completely eliminate any concerns about
write collisions.

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