Re: empty command redirection

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Paul Eggert wrote on Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 03:58:11PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > So far I've thought that 
> >   > file
> > was a less portable way as
> >   : > file
> > to create an empty file.
> 
> What gives you that impression?  I vaguely recall '> file' failing on
> some ancient shells, but nowadays I don't know of any problems.

To tell you the truth, I don't remember where I got that from, and I
can't find any reference to it anymore.  Maybe that is just more
cautious than necessary.

Regards,
Ralf