From 2fcae601a96003d9afff26bdba12864fe098125a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: slmnemo <nicholas.lucioforlife@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 20:59:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Replaced funky rewrite call with file removal

---
 testbench/testbench.sv | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testbench/testbench.sv b/testbench/testbench.sv
index 7f7a5f510..3fd367eb6 100644
--- a/testbench/testbench.sv
+++ b/testbench/testbench.sv
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ module testbench;
   // Find the test vector files and populate the PC to function label converter
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   logic [P.XLEN-1:0] testadr;
-  integer memFile;
   always_comb begin
   	begin_signature_addr = ProgramAddrLabelArray["begin_signature"];
  	end_signature_addr = ProgramAddrLabelArray["sig_end_canary"];
@@ -331,8 +330,7 @@ module testbench;
         bootmemfilename = {RISCV_DIR, "/linux-testvectors/bootmem.bin"};
         uartoutfilename = {"logs/",TEST,"_uart.out"};
         // Initialize uart output file
-        memFile = $fopen(uartoutfilename, "w"); // Clear existing values in uartFile
-        $fclose(memFile);
+        $system("rm ",uartoutfilename); // Clear existing values in uartFile
       end
       else            memfilename = {pathname, tests[test], ".elf.memfile"};
       if (riscofTest) begin
@@ -415,6 +413,7 @@ module testbench;
   integer StartIndex;
   integer EndIndex;
   integer BaseIndex;
+  integer memFile;
   integer readResult;
   if (P.SDC_SUPPORTED) begin
     always @(posedge clk) begin