In message <Pine.NEB.4.53.0309041805520.19144@rivendell.starwolf.com>, Greywolf
 writes:
>Uses:  mkfile is good for creating blank files for use with vnconfig
>and as NFS swap spaces, at least.  I'm sure that creative minds can come
>up with others.

Sounds useful.  Maybe it should be folded into mknod, though, since that's
the "I want to create a new file" program?  :)

-s