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Re: touch command
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Eric Blake |
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Re: touch command |
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:09:01 -0600 |
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According to Pádraig Brady on 8/28/2007 2:37 AM:
>> 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.
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> Could this be simulated by removing and recreating the link?
Not in the general case (think 'touch -m -d yesterday file', which changes
only the modification time, and to a time other than now).
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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