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Deleting contents of file after success
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To delete the contents of a file after a successful operation, you can use the following steps in a programming language like Python:
- Open the file in write mode and truncate its contents:
pythonwith open('filename.txt', 'w') as file:
file.truncate(0)
This code opens the file in write mode, which truncates the file's contents, effectively deleting all the data.
Perform the desired operation or task that determines the success.
If the operation is successful, you can proceed with deleting the contents of the file as described in step 1.
Make sure to replace 'filename.txt'
with the actual path and filename of the file you want to modify.
Note that this approach deletes the contents of the file, not the file itself. If you want to delete the entire file, you can use the os.remove()
function in Python after performing the desired operation.