RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead)

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's what 'touch' is supposed to do, Joe.  People frequently use it to
create empty files in UNIX environments.


On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Joe Pluta wrote:

> Since I brought up using QSH, David, I thought I'd better also warn you: QSH
> and the IFS sometimes combine to do very odd things.  I'm on V4R5, so IBM
> may have fixed some of this, but for example, take the following command:
>
> touch *.jsp
>
> If there are files with a .jsp extension, all are touched, and life is good.
> However, if there are no .jsp files, it happily creates one called "*.jsp".
> Yup, with the asterisk and everything.  You can't delete it with Windows
> Explorer; the only way to get rid of it is with Ops Nav or via WRKLNK.
>
> I managed to create all manner of illegal file names while I was playing, so
> be careful.  And if you do see weird things lurking about, Ops Nav is your
> friend.
>
> Joe
>