sh script & files

Fbsd8 fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com
Wed Feb 20 12:40:14 UTC 2013


I noticed that when power fails I loose the contents of some files I am 
using in a sh script.

I read and write the file this way

file="/usr/local/etc/filename"

# read file
. "${file}"

# write to file
 > "${file}"

I'm thinking the file is never closed so on power failure I loose the 
contents of the file.

How would I code a command to close the file?

Thanks


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