RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead) -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead)
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:48:38 -0600
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> From: Joe Pluta
> > From: Scott Klement
> >
> > That's what 'touch' is supposed to do, Joe.  People frequently use it to
> > create empty files in UNIX environments.
>
> With invalid names?  I didn't think you could create a file called "*.jsp"
> in Unix.

To be thorough, I just tested it, and in Linux "touch *.jsp" in a directory
with no JSP files returns "touch: No match".

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Follow-Ups:

RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead) , Martin Rowe
RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead) , Scott Klement

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