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From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>
To: joris dedieu <joris.dedieu@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow empty files creation with install
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joris dedieu <joris.dedieu@gmail.com> writes:

> This patch add a -t switch to install(3). This is a small feature for
> lazy sysadmins.
>
> before :
>
> 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

  for f in .history .bash_history; do
      install -o foo -g foo -m 600 -f sappend /dev/null /usr/home/foo/$f
  done

>
> after :
>
> install -o foo -g foo -m 600 -f sappend /usr/home/foo/.history /usr/home/foo/.bash_history

Your example doesn't use `-t' option.