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RE: [cobalt-developers] /home/spool/mail
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] /home/spool/mail
- From: "Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Sep 20 06:13:01 2002
- Organization: Bearfruit.org
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Sun Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
One trick I use to zero out files is to do this:
cat /dev/null > filename
It leaves the file in place with existing permissions but sets it to 0
bytes.
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Matthew Nuzum
www.bearfruit.org
cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of njd 76
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:17 PM
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> Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] /home/spool/mail
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>
> In my /home/spool/mail directory i have some emails i want to clear.
What
> is
> the easiest way to do it via ssh? do i have to remove the file then
touch
> it. Or is there a better way. Any help would be great!
>
> Thanks
>
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