RE: ATTRIB (Using chmod instead)

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
>