https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=260871
Bug ID: 260871
Summary: [patch] /usr/bin/touch enhancement
Product: Base System
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 230614
--> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=230614&action=edit
patch to add "-R" to touch(1)
I'm not quite sure how you deal with "non-standard" additions to standard
commands, so please be gentle!
Incidentally, I have no preference for actual implementation, this is just what
I've been using for a while. Comments welcome!
Basically, touch(1) has:
-h If the file is a symbolic link, change the times of the link itself
rather than the file that the link points to.
and:
-r Use the access and modifications times from the specified file instead
of the current time of day.
If "-r" points to a link, the link is always followed to retrieve the datetime
information.
I have a program that needs to "-r" the datetime of the link itself if the file
is a link.
Up to now, I've been doing a stat of the file, and then forming the date to
add, but recently thought to add this option:
-R As -r , but if the file is a symbolic link, return the times of the
link itself rather than the file that the link points to.
Patch attached. Comments?
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