[issue15228] os.utime() docs not clear on behavior on nonexistant files

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 62321359c35b by Georg Brandl in branch '3.3': Closes #15228: remove reference to Unix "touch"; it is confusing since the path needs to exist for os.utime() to succeed http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/62321359c35b -- nosy: +python-dev resolu

[issue15228] os.utime() docs not clear on behavior on nonexistant files

Larry Hastings added the comment: I don't think this needs clarifying. If you think the reference to "touch" currently only muddles the issue, let's remove it entirely. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue15228] os.utime() docs not clear on behavior on nonexistant files

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[issue15228] os.utime() docs not clear on behavior on nonexistant files

Brian Brazil added the comment: Here's a patch that should clarify this. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +bbrazil Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26306/issue15228-utime-touch-doc.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue15228] os.utime() docs not clear on behavior on nonexistant files

New submission from Daniel Grace : The documentation for os.utime() at http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/os.html#os.utime states: "Set the access and modified times of the file specified by path. [...] The effect is similar to running the Unix program touch on the path.)" Unlike 'touch', os