Is it possible to delete the logging log file?

Question

Python

If I have a script running, can I create a cronjob with deleting the log file? Will it be safe or will python throw an error?

Answer 1

OS dependent. On Linux, a deleted file opened for writing in another process is not physically deleted, but only ceases to be visible, but continues to be written through the open descriptor (and even read! if the "r" flag is present). On Windows, everything depends on the exclusive lock when opening for writing: if it is present, the deletion will be refused, if it is absent, the deletion will be successful, the descriptor opened for writing will become invalid and all subsequent operations on it will fail (throw an exception).