Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!ukma!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Zoo utilities (Was: Re: DESCRIBE.TXT) Keywords: zoo, atoz, bilf, fiz, stuff, booz, looz Message-ID: <3676@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 23 Nov 88 23:44:19 GMT References: <7377@dasys1.UUCP> <3974@drivax.UUCP> <1057@bcd-dyn.UUCP> <6719@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <4858@bsu-cs.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 16 In article <4858@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: [creating a 0-byte file with DEBUG, or...] }You could do the same with a proper implementation of the TOUCH }command. Or, if you don't have a "touch", just type TYPE NUL >FOO to create a 0-byte file called FOO. Much easier than DEBUG.... (unlike the other methods, it does clobber any existing file. Using >>FOO preserves the file, but doesn't update its time) -- {harvard,uunet,ucbvax}!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=- AT&T: (412)268-3053 (school) ARPA: RALF@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU |"Tolerance means excusing the mistakes others make. FIDO: Ralf Brown at 129/31 | Tact means not noticing them." --Arthur Schnitzler BITnet: RALF%B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU@CMUCCVMA -=-=- DISCLAIMER? I claimed something? --