Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> I could've sworn python had such a command, but now I can't find it...
>
> I'm looking for an easy way to perform a UNIX-style "touch", to update
> the modification time of a file without actually modifying it. I could
> do something (I imagine) like opening the file for appending and then
> immediately closing it, but that doesn't seem like a good idea--what if
> the file is already open for reading or writing? Anyone know of a nice,
> elegant solution?
from path import path
path('myfile').touch()
(That relies on Jason Orendorff's path.py module, which does this and
much more very elegantly, not to mention practically.)
-Peter
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