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From: perry@bluemtn (Perry Minyard (3MTA3))
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Subject: Re: emptying a file and keeping its ownership
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Date: 8 Jan 91 12:46:44 GMT
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In article <MJOHNSTO.91Jan7113152@admin8780.shearson.com> mjohnsto@admin8780.shearson.com (Mike Johnston) writes:
>
>Isn't it silly to spend all this time developing rediculously long solutions
>to a simple problem when:
>
>
>would suffice?

No, it wouldn't.  touch will not erase a file that already exists.   touch
only updates the time/date stamp on the file.  If the file doesn't exist,
it will create it.    <at least this holds true for SCO XENIX>
>
>--
>Michael R. Johnston	mjohnsto@shearson.com || mjohnstonn@mcimail.com
>System Administrator		UUCP:     uunet!slcpi!mjohnsto
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>                  "Unix Uber Alles!"
>


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