emptying a file and keeping its ownership
Mike Balenger
msb at hosmsb.ATT.COM
Wed Jan 16 09:16:45 AEST 1991
>>>>> On 12 Jan 91 01:20:03 GMT, krs at uts.amdahl.com (Kris Stephens [Hail Eris!]) said:
krs> What I usually do is
krs> : > $FILE
The ":" doesn't seem to add anything here. The following is
equivalent. (Or am I missing something?)
> $FILE
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