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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Memory leakage
From:       D-Man <dsh8290 () rit ! edu>
Date:       2001-01-04 2:36:38
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On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:05:13PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
 <snip>
> 
>     $ fuser -v bigfile		# show process(es) using bigfile
>     $ fuser -vk bigfile		# kill process(es) using bigfile
>     $ fuser -v bigfile		# verify the kill worked
>     $ cat /dev/null > bigfile	# "empty" the file
>     $ rm bigfile
> 
> In general, you want to *empty* a file (cat /dev/null > file) before you
> delete it, and you don't want to delete an open file.
> 

Why would you cat /dev/null into the file before removing it?

-D


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