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Date:      Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:19:15 +0200
From:      joris dedieu <joris.dedieu@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] allow empty files creation with install
Message-ID:  <AANLkTilPj9hUyzY1eWNGomWR6sZuPTOCOmcwOgNBdOce@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100717141136.GH2381@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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2010/7/17 Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>:
> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> after :
>>
>> install -o foo -g foo -m 600 -f sappend /usr/home/foo/.history
>> /usr/home/foo/.bash_history
>>
>
> Isn't /dev/null as a source file work better ?
Damned ! Why I never thought about this ?
>



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