On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:10:11AM +0000, Balint Szigeti wrote: > > I found this > > * : > */var/run/utmp > > in /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh on Debian 6.0.3 > > Can you explain what does " : > " mean? > > Thank you > Balint
my /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh shows these lines: ... # Create /var/run/utmp so we can login. : > /var/run/utmp ... A trial in my home dir : > oo creates an empty file rsp. puts a non-empty file to zero size It seems to do the same as a manually keyed command: > oo (I didn't check whether a difference would turn out within a script.) Regards -- Wilko Fokken Education is a man's going Landschaftspolder 67 from cocksure ignorance D-26831 Bunde to thoughtful uncertainty. -------------------- Tel. 04953-9219882 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120104115157.ga8...@fok01.laje.edewe.de
