From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Oct 9 8:50: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C885037B502 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA16212; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200010091550.IAA16212@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: bin/21789: no mkfile command Reply-To: Peter Pentchev Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/21789; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev To: Jim Pirzyk Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/21789: no mkfile command Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:40:49 +0300 On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 08:30:05AM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/21789; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Jim Pirzyk > To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Fwd: Re: bin/21789: no mkfile command > Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:19:42 -0700 > > --Boundary-=_qmZrHLajoetbkwlTZTViemHPfybp > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > The command not only creates a file, but also creates it with a certain > size > 0. I have included the SunOS man page to see how it is used. > > - JimP Hmm except for the 'sticky bit' part, this sounds like /bin/dd to me.. or am I missing something here? G'luck, Peter -- This sentence contains exactly threee erors. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message