HELP!

DEAR:
I PROGRAMMED A SIMPLE LISP FUNCTION, TO WRITE SOMETHING TO A FILE. BEFORE OPENING THE NEW FILE, I WANT TO DELETE THE POSIBLE ORIGINAL ONE, USING THE LINE :

(command ".shell" (strcat "del " fn)))

BUT, AT THIS MOMENT, THE FILE IS STILL THERE.
EVEN WHEN THE FOLLOWING LINE IS ADDED:

(while (findfile fn))

IT STILL MISFUNCTIONS SOMETIMES.

PLEASE HELP ME.
THANKS VERY MUCH.

 

if you created the filehandle via:
(open fname "w")
then you don't need to delete file first, it will overwrite existing
contents

if you created the filehandle via:
(open fname "a")
then it would append to existing file

would that help?
Mark

OPENING THE NEW FILE, I WANT TO DELETE THE POSIBLE ORIGINAL ONE, USING THE
LINE :