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RE: [cobalt-users] Can I delete these files?
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Can I delete these files?
- From: "Edward R. Milstein" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Aug 29 09:36:29 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Personally, I like
% cp /dev/null /home/spool/mail/root
The cp of null writes into the contents thereby deleting them without
changing any file persmissions, ownership, etc etc..
-ed-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cobalt-users-
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oleg Volkov
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Can I delete these files?
>
> > Can I just delete the files in question - or must I delete the
contents
> > - if so what is the best method for cleaning out a mailbox.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Ian C. Walmsley
> >
> > First Hosting
> > t. 0845 345 8888
> > f. 0870 45 81213
>
> # echo > /var/spool/mail/root
> etc.
>
> Oleg
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