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From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 11:46:47PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 10:08:15PM +0000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> +> brooks      2005-03-01 22:08:15 UTC
> +>=20
> +>   FreeBSD src repository
> +>=20
> +>   Modified files:
> +>     etc/rc.d             var=20
> +>   Log:
> +>   - Remove the dependency of /usr/bin/touch by using "cp /dev/null <ta=
rget>"
> +>     to create /var/log/lastlog.
>=20
> Isn't 'echo -n > <target>' a better choice?

Perhaps.  I copied the example in etc/rc.d/cleanvar (except without the
lack of newlines).  Sam suggested the even simpler ">target" which would
also work.  I'm assuming you have a /bin since the line after the cp is
chmod so I'm not really worried.  echo -n does have the advantage of
being slightly clearer.  I'm not sure if this is worth changing or not.

-- Brooks

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