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From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: emptying a file and keeping its ownership
Message-ID: <1984@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au>
Date: 11 Jan 91 00:43:04 GMT
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In article <MJOHNSTO.91Jan9134450@admin8780.shearson.com> mjohnsto@admin8780.shearson.com (Mike Johnston) writes:
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>cat /dev/null > $FILENAME
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Ever use the Bourne shell?

  > file


Boyd Roberts			boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au

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