Clearing the mp_log after each mission? Is this possible?

[RvEYoda]

I am currently in a project of making a mission rotator that reads from the mp_log file.

 

The program is coming together nicely, input and output are read good,

BUT

 

I have one problem.

I am unable to delete/clear the mp_log file after each mission.

 

Lockon only deletes/cleares this file for me if I restart the game completely.

Is there any way to make lockon force deleting this file after I as server exit the mission?

 

It is also impossible to delete it manually while lockon is running. The file is locked by the lockon process(both in coalitions screen and ingame), and I don't know how to get around this (if it is even possible).

 

If it is not possible I guess I could start from the last line when each mission is loaded....but the file gets rather big after a while ;)

[GGTharos]

THe other option is to shut down the game completely, which is, actually, a very good thing to do.

[RvEYoda]

well I tested my program now up to 240.000 lines in the mp_log file, and only then does it start to slow down (0.5 seconds :))

 

So I will just keep routine that reboot server at least once per month ;)

 

 

Eventually I will implement a lockon.exe restart into the rotator, but not in for the first working versions. Now I just want it to run and rotate according to mission results.

[Mugatu]

What I do for the 3sqn stats engine is to just use seek("end"), lua, to move to the end of the file at mission start. You could do the same with C++ or whatever language your using.