-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Pádraig Brady on 8/28/2007 2:37 AM: >> There is no lutimes(2) call and therefore way way to set the times on >> a symlink. This is why touch does not have a -h option. Since >> lchmod(2) is available the chmod command has a -h option and uses it >> to change the owner of the symlink. > > Could this be simulated by removing and recreating the link?
Not in the general case (think 'touch -m -d yesterday file', which changes only the modification time, and to a time other than now). - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG1BBc84KuGfSFAYARAlntAJ9EmSYBdagKw46JLbCH5e4LXc1HZQCeJ3Nj S0A7Y0DYA1PeTZJVTBr0DXw= =9Deh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
