emptying a file and keeping its ownership

[Perry Minyard 3MTA3]

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In article <MJOHNSTO.91Jan7113152 at admin8780.shearson.com> mjohnsto at admin8780.shearson.com (Mike Johnston) writes:
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>Isn't it silly to spend all this time developing rediculously long solutions
>to a simple problem when:
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>would suffice?

No, it wouldn't.  touch will not erase a file that already exists.   touch
only updates the time/date stamp on the file.  If the file doesn't exist,
it will create it.    <at least this holds true for SCO XENIX>
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