Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:18:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Mark Huizer <xaa+sendpr@timewasters.nl> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/54334: Tip in freebsd-tips datfile for fortune is wrong Message-ID: <20030710181845.57EF6612C@nala.dohd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200307101820.h6AIKHXK039446@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54334
>Category: conf
>Synopsis: Tip in freebsd-tips datfile for fortune is wrong
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 10 11:20:16 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Mark Huizer
>Release: FreeBSD 5.1-BETA i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD eeyore.local.dohd.org 5.1-BETA FreeBSD 5.1-BETA #2: Wed May 7 14:40:14 MET DST 2003 xaa@eeyore.local.dohd.org:/sources/obj/sources/src/sys/eeyore i386
>Description:
The freebsd-tips file gives this tip:
Need to quickly empty a file? Use "echo > filename".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
That is not correct, it will give you a 1 byte file (with a newline).
So this should either be:
echo -n >filename
or
: > filename
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Change the tip to one of the two versions above
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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