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On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 03:34:08PM +0200, joris dedieu wrote:
> This patch add a -t switch to install(3). This is a small feature for
> lazy sysadmins.
>=20
> before :
>=20
> touch /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
> chown foo /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
> chmod 600 /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
> chflags sappend /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
>=20
> after :
>=20
> install -o foo -g foo -m 600 -f sappend /usr/home/foo/.history
> /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
>=20

Isn't /dev/null as a source file work better ?

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