On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote:
>
> Please add verbose options to program touch(1):
>
> -v, --verbose
>
> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being
> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful:
>
> touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} <file pattern>
Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the
timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned.
Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not,
is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically.
cheers,
Pádraig.
