Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!shearson.com!newshost!mjohnsto From: mjohnsto@admin8780.shearson.com (Mike Johnston) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: emptying a file and keeping its ownership Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 16:31:52 GMT References: <1990Dec31.214030.7816@athena.mit.edu> <1991Jan1.040621.27634@NCoast.ORG> <187@raysnec.UUCP> <4597@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> Sender: news@shearson.com (News) Distribution: na Organization: Lehman Brothers Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: jak@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US's message of 5 Jan 91 18:28:55 GMT Isn't it silly to spend all this time developing rediculously long solutions to a simple problem when: touch $FILENAME would suffice? -- Michael R. Johnston mjohnsto@shearson.com || mjohnstonn@mcimail.com System Administrator UUCP: uunet!slcpi!mjohnsto Lehman Brothers Inc. Phone: (212) 640-9116 "Unix Uber Alles!" -- -- Michael R. Johnston mjohnsto@shearson.com || mjohnstonn@mcimail.com System Administrator UUCP: uunet!slcpi!mjohnsto Lehman Brothers Inc. Phone: (212) 640-9116 "Unix Uber Alles!"