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Gary D. Gregory commented on IO-722:
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Well, the simplest is to just document what we do without talking about Unix
IMO.
Thoughts?
> Improve FileUtils.touch() Javadoc to clarify it does not behave like GNU touch
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> Key: IO-722
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IO-722
> Project: Commons IO
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Thib Guicherd-Callin
> Priority: Minor
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> The Javadoc of FileUtils.touch() says it behaves like the Unix touch utility.
> I'm not sure about the Unix one, but the GNU one does not create intermediate
> directories (e.g. touch /tmp/foo/bar/baz does not succeed if /tmp/foo/bar/
> does not already exist). Currently there is a paragraph further down in the
> Javadoc that says 'Also, as from v1.3 this method creates parent directories
> if they do not exist', but the implication in the leading sentence that it
> behaves like Unix touch is misleading.
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