On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 08:54:33PM -0400, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > How to let command touch to work with irregular file names? > > In my script I have > > touch -r "$file1" "$file2" > > the file1/2 can be anything file, ../path/file, /root/file, etc. > > The problem is when file1/2 are irregular file names. E.g., -test.file1/2.
I've always had trouble with leading dashes in file names, very difficult to escape properly or sufficiently. An alternative might be to do the operation from a perl (or whatever language) script. Ken > > I.e., anyway to make the following touch command works? > > $ touch -r "-test.file1" "-test.file2" > touch: invalid date format `est.file2' > > FYI, I tried this but didn't work: > > $ touch -r -- "-test.file1" "-test.file2" > touch: invalid date format `est.file1' > > I think if the touch command uses the standard gnu getopt lib, then > the above code should work, shouldn't it? > > Thanks > > tong -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
