Automatic remove of File

how do i remove a file, if the size is >100 k

[bastil]

hows the code for a script what watches f.e. the file list.txt and automatically removes it, if its getting bigger than 100kb?

[lorax]

What script language and do you want to trim the file down or outright delete the whole file?

[daisho]

In PHP:

<?
$filename='/blah/blah/testfile.txt';

$maxsize=102400;

if( filesize($filename)>$maxsize ) {
unlink($filename);
}

?>

daisho.

[ShawnR]

Just to state the obvious: You can't have anything 'watch' your file unless you have higher level system access, such as access to cron. If your script is the only thing writing to the file, that shouldn't matter, and Daisho's suggestion will do fine.

Shawn

[bastil]

sorry, really forgot to tell what language i need :) i make all my scripts in perl. I would enter the code in another script which writes the file. So everytime it wants to write into file it would check the size before and delete it, if its getting to big

[bastil]

thx daisho for the code

[lorax]

Ah. PERL - well you'll need to wait for a PERL expert - which I am not. Sorry.

[ShawnR]

Not a perl expert either, but here is how:

$filename='/blah/blah/testfile.txt';

$maxsize=102400;

if ( -s $filename > $maxsize ) {
unlink($filename);
}

Shawn