On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Leopold Toetsch wrote:

> JüRgen" "BöMmels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >   +TOUCH  = $(PERL) -e ${PQ}open(A,qq{>>$$_}) or die foreach @ARGV${PQ}
>
> Well done. *But* this f*cking command does still not update time stamps.
>
> Is this a Perl5 failure? Anyway, we need a (golfy) touch equivalent for
> these poor systems not providing one.

I can think of one other potential problem:  What if the user wants to
mount the source read-only?  Last I checked, except for this issue, it was
possible to do so.  For perl5, this ability was often requested.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty              [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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