emptying a file and keeping its ownership

[Boyd Roberts]

In article <MJOHNSTO.91Jan9134450 at admin8780.shearson.com> mjohnsto at admin8780.shearson.com (Mike Johnston) writes:
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>cat /dev/null > $FILENAME
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Ever use the Bourne shell?

  > file


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