chraebsli@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years agoTouch a file in Linuxprogramming.devimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
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minus-squareT. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoBecause now touch does two things. Without touch, we could “just” use the shell to create files. : > foo.txt
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoTouch does one thing from a “contract” perspective: Ensure the timestamp of <file> is <now>
Because now touch does two things.
Without touch, we could “just” use the shell to create files.
Touch does one thing from a “contract” perspective:
Ensure the timestamp of <file> is <now>