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how to delete lines of a file in java?

Oct 15th, 2007

I am currently trying to delete lines of a file in java?

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Re: how to delete lines of a file in java?

Oct 15th, 2007

Read the file, writing it to a new file at the same time, and omit what should be deleted. Then rename the old file to a different name. rename the new file to the old name, then, if all of that is successful, delete the old file.

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