unlink the log file when opening it so you get a new file

[chaz/openbox] / openbox / debug.c

diff --git a/openbox/debug.c b/openbox/debug.c
index 749bc32e297f4c314b6fc18da66acc6ee5b06d6b..5a976d0c1910b3c5c634eee336d20d57e7758789 100644 (file)
--- a/openbox/debug.c
+++ b/openbox/debug.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ void ob_debug_startup(void)
     else {
         gchar *name = g_build_filename(obt_paths_cache_home(p),
                                        "openbox", "openbox.log", NULL);
+        /* unlink it before opening to remove competition */
+        unlink(name);
         log_file = fopen(name, "w");
         g_free(name);
     }