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- From: kurz@math.uni-frankfurt.de (Volker Kurz)
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- Subject: Re: How to empty a file
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 13:43:19 GMT
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- How about:
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- $ cat /dev/null >logfile
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- On my system (rs6k/AIX) this doesn't seem to change the inode number.
- What more can you ask for?
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