emptying a file and keeping its ownership

[David I. Berg]

> I have SCO Xenix 2.2.3.  What's the easiest way to "empty" a file
> while keeping its ownership (owner,group) and access permissions the
> same? 

How about:
	cat /dev/null >! $FILE
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