From: Dave Bass <davebass@...>
Date: 2008-08-26T01:14:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Open file, get first line, delete first line close file

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?

My Ruby isn't up to coding it, but in principle I'd seek to the end of 
the file, then backtrack until I found the appropriate newline. Then I'd 
truncate the file.
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