Re: touch command

[Eric Blake]

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According to Bob Proulx on 8/27/2007 6:55 PM:
> There is no lutimes(2) call and therefore way way to set the times on
> a symlink.  This is why touch does not have a -h option.  Since
> lchmod(2) is available the chmod command has a -h option and uses it
> to change the owner of the symlink.

But note that the next revision of POSIX will be adding futimensat, which
WILL support setting the (cosmetic) timestamp of symlinks.  While draft 3
of the next POSIX revision does not mandate the addition of anything like
touch -h, it also does not forbid it, so there is a good chance that we
will be adding something along these lines once more systems implement
futimensat.

To learn more about the next revision of POSIX, including reading draft 3,
you must be a member of the Austin group (membership is free,
http://www.opengroup.org/austin/lists.html)

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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