Re: Zero-length files

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From: Mike Levis
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 08:05

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In article <1ierslINNriq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al919@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bruce Halco) writes:
>
>I can't find the original posting, but someone asked about
>making zero-length files.  In DOS you can do this with
>
>	REM > FOO.BAR
>
>I haven't tried this in OS/2.  That can be an exercise for the 
>reader :-)

This works under a DOS session in OS/2, but not in an OS/2 session.
It seems that an OS/2 sessions *really* treats a REM statement as
a REM statement.  To get around this in an OS/2 session, one way is:

   type FOO.BAR > FOO.BAR

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From: mlevis@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Mike Levis) (OS/2)
Subject: Re: Zero-length files
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