Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:02:36 -0600 From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> To: dissonant <disowned@linda.pomona.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: empty a file? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990327070236.0087aba0@pop.calcasieu.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903270446260.52265-100000@linda.pomona.edu>
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At 04:48 AM 3/27/99 -0800, dissonant wrote: >Sorry to ask a dumb unix question....but, is there any easy way, in the >shell or in a script of some sort, to empty a file, leaving its >permissions, uid/gid, etc, untouched? > pine.sysop$ ls -l total 607472 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sysop user 7594496 Mar 26 20:31 IPHQUOTE.DF -rw-rw-r-- 1 sysop user 302211584 Mar 26 19:08 IPQUOTES.DF -rw-r--r-- 1 ecsguest user 1008 Oct 13 13:58 blast.log pine.sysop$ su Password: # >blast.log # ls -l total 607470 -rw-rw-r-- 1 sysop user 7594496 Mar 26 20:31 IPHQUOTE.DF -rw-rw-r-- 1 sysop user 302211584 Mar 26 19:08 IPQUOTES.DF -rw-r--r-- 1 ecsguest user 0 Mar 27 07:00 blast.log Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX - There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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