On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 at 23:42, needabettername <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to edit a file using block in file and delete anything in the
> file that isn't in that block, in an idempotent way i,e, not just deleting
> the file first.
>


This would have exactly the same results as using the template module, only
harder to do.


> I suspect I should be using a template here but partly want to scratch the
> itch of whether it's possible, is there a reasonable way?


You probably should. Put differently, why would you not use the template
module?


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