From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2008-08-25T21:03:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Open file, get first line, delete first line close file

On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:07 AM, Erik Hollensbe wrote:

> Dave Bass wrote:
>> And... it's a lot easier to delete the *last* line of a file than the
>> first.
>
> I don't think this is actually true, can you explain further?
>
> -Erik


You can just truncate the file size.  You don't have any subsequent  
lines (bytes) to move into a new position within the file.

-Rob

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