Clearing Out a Text File

[rplumbo]

Hello again! I've got a question which I think is probably pretty simple. I've got a text file called "prefs.ini." I just need to clear its contents. I think it contains 6 lines or so, and I just want to clear 'em all out. Here's my code:

Private Sub clearfile(ByVal location)
Dim writer As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(location)

'I want to clear all contents of this file

End Sub


Thanks!
Sincerely,
Reid V. Plumbo
[email protected]

[Bananafish]

I guess the easiest way would be to just ooen it with a filemode of create

For example.

Dim objWriter As New _
          IO.FileStream("c:\Test.txt", _
          IO.FileMode.Create, _
          IO.FileAccess.Write)
      objWriter.Close()

[Ozki1976]

Just out of curiosity. Wouldn't it be easier to delete the file and then recreate it later (in code where you need it)?

[rplumbo]

Yup. That's what I eventually did. I used Kill("myfile.ini") and that did the trick.

Reid