On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 08:29:12PM -0000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Multiple people write:
>  > >Actually, an empty file isn't assigned an inode.  It's just a
>  > >directory entry.
>  > 
>  > Wanna bet?
> 
> What was I thinking of??  Disk space??  I'm trying a new ergo
> keyboard, yeah, that must be the excuse....

Well I think you're showing your knowledge of the FAT system. The concept of an empty
file in my mind is still that of a directory entry pointing to cluster (or was it
sector? :) 0, even after 4 years of heavy Unix usage.

Greetz, Peter.
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.| Peter van Dijk           | <mo|VERWEG> stoned worden of coden
.| [EMAIL PROTECTED]  | <mo|VERWEG> dat is de levensvraag
                            | <mo|VERWEG> coden of stoned worden
                            | <mo|VERWEG> stonend worden En coden
                            | <mo|VERWEG> hmm
                            | <mo|VERWEG> dan maar stoned worden en slashdot lezen:)

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