Re: touch bug

2004-04-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Diego de Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The touch command sets timestamps terminated in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 incorrectly! > > # touch -t "200404231712.27" /mnt/autobk/portal/public.tgz > # ls --time-style=full-iso -l /mnt/autobk/portal/public.tgz > -rwxr-xr-x1 roo

touch bug

2004-04-24 Thread Diego de Lima
The touch command sets timestamps terminated in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 incorrectly! # touch -t "200404231712.27" /mnt/autobk/portal/public.tgz # ls --time-style=full-iso -l /mnt/autobk/portal/public.tgz -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 778240 2004-04-23 17:12:26.0 - 0400 /mnt/aut

Re: touch

2003-02-15 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
I need all files in all sub-directories to have today's timestamp. find . -type f -exec touch {} \; Should do the trick. ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

Re: touch

2003-02-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Roy Finke wrote: > Are there any plans to add the -R (recursive) option to the touch command? > I need all files in all sub-directories to have today's timestamp. I can't speak for the maintainers but I can't see any reason to add 'find' capability to the utilities.

touch

2003-02-14 Thread Roy Finke
Are there any plans to add the -R (recursive) option to the touch command? I need all files in all sub-directories to have today's timestamp. Roy Finke CSP/FSP Test (507) 253-5412 ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gn

touch

2002-05-06 Thread Borecki Krzysztof
dlaczego komenda touch -acm -t 200205060800 too.sh nie powoduje zmiany czasu pliku? według manuala powinna to zrobić... Krzysztof Borecki (proszę odpowiedzieć na [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org

Re: touch documentation error

2002-04-30 Thread Jim Meyering
A Ottenheimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From "man touch" > >>DESCRIPTION >> or : ../src/touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... >> (obsolescent) > > > should be > >>DESCRIPTION >>

touch documentation error

2002-04-29 Thread A Ottenheimer
From "man touch" >DESCRIPTION > or : ../src/touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... > (obsolescent) should be >DESCRIPTION > or : ../src/touch [-acm] [CC][YY]MMDDhhmm FILE...

Re: bug in `touch -c'

2002-04-17 Thread Jim Meyering
TAKAI Kousuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have found a bug in `touch' command from fileutils 4.1.8 > that `touch -c' wrongly reports an error for non-existent file. > (At least) SUSv2 seems to say `touch -c FILE' should not write any > diagnostic

bug in `touch -c'

2002-04-16 Thread TAKAI Kousuke
Hello, I have found a bug in `touch' command from fileutils 4.1.8 that `touch -c' wrongly reports an error for non-existent file. (At least) SUSv2 seems to say `touch -c FILE' should not write any diagnostic messages when FILE does not exist. % touch --version touch (f

Re: touch

2002-03-04 Thread anon
n the source or should I just drop it only sourceforge? I guess I'd have to convince ppl to accept the kernel patches as well, but that's probably do-able. Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > This really isn't a bug, but it looks like

Re: touch

2002-03-01 Thread Bob Proulx
> This really isn't a bug, but it looks like there isn't a way to touch a > symbolic link. That is generally true of BSD like systems which implement symbolic links. Actions upon symlinks pass through the symlink and act upon the target of the symlink. > If you do a >

touch

2002-02-28 Thread anon
This really isn't a bug, but it looks like there isn't a way to touch a symbolic link. If you do a ln -s foo.tgz foo touch foo it update the date on foo.tgz. Is there a work around? Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Bug-fileutils mailing l

Re: touch transverse all dirs

2001-09-13 Thread Bob Proulx
> I just noticed that in 4.0, I can no longer do a transerver touch on all > child directories. I want to touch a directory and all the files in it and > in its sub-directories. > > Should it be "touch -R *" ? > > Is the functionality removed or am i just not

touch transverse all dirs

2001-09-13 Thread Sun, Michael
Title: touch transverse all dirs To whom it may concern: I just noticed that in 4.0, I can no longer do a transerver touch on all child directories.  I want to touch a directory and all the files in it and in its sub-directories. Should it be "touch -R *"  ? Is the functionali

Re: Long filenames don't seem to work re: cp/touch (GNU fileutils) 3.16

2001-07-08 Thread Bob Proulx
> The documentation states that the GNU FileUtils package handles long > filenames. However, when I execute the following in a DOS box: > > cp a.txt "This is a long filename" > > The result is a file named "This is". I have also tried this with > touch.exe and it too fails. Thank you

Long filenames don't seem to work re: cp/touch (GNU fileutils) 3.16

2001-07-02 Thread Durfee, Lawrence F.
The documentation states that the GNU FileUtils package handles long filenames. However, when I execute the following in a DOS box: cp a.txt "This is a long filename" The result is a file named "This is". I have also tried this with touch.exe and it too fails. Can you help? Thanks,

Re: GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Matthew Schalit
Bob Proulx wrote: > The usage string > is already so long that some users complain that it is way too long > and scrolls off of the page. > Bob I always liked how pkunzip had three pages for usage, and you hit '1', '2', or '3' to get the first, second, or third page. If you hit any other ke

Re: GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Bob Proulx
at there are too many really. It can't be fully documented in the usage message. The usage string is already so long that some users complain that it is way too long and scrolls off of the page. And sure you can pipe it through a pager but users that know that don't need the help message

GNU "touch" : Clearer Help for "-d" option

2001-04-05 Thread Greg Presedo-Floyd
Hi Folks, When you do "touch.exe --help" , two of the lines output are these: -d, --date=STRING parse STRING and use it instead of current time -t STAMP use MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] instead of current time Question 1: Is "STRING" the same as "STAMP" above ? Question 2: How

touch documentation pretends ctime doesn't exist

2001-03-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
[more touch ctime doc gripes:] $ touch --help Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time. ***but it also modifies the 'ctime'... you didn't say that. -a change only the access time ***but it also modifies the 'ctime

Re: touch(1) documentation improvement suggestions

2001-03-17 Thread Paul Eggert
* doc/fileutils.texi: Warn that touch DATE FILE will be withdrawn. === RCS file: doc/fileutils.texi,v retrieving revision 4.0.39.3 retrieving revision 4.0.39.5 diff -pu -r4.0.39.3 -r4.0.39.5 --- doc/fileutils.texi 2001/02/

why can't I touch myself

2001-02-14 Thread Javier A Guajardo Jr
Hello, I got version 3.16 of your touch application running under win2k (an unfortunate thing I know). Whenever I try to run touch -a -m directory_name I get a "Permission denied" message. The -a -m flags are the default. It's possible that it is a windows problem (i

Re: touch problem?

2001-01-18 Thread Bob Proulx
> I found a behaviour of touch that I don't understand (It seems to me a > bug, at least a bug for the documentation) regarding the access, > modifications and change times attributes of a file. The touch info page could be more explicit about this. Right now it only says

touch problem?

2001-01-18 Thread Simone Piccardi
Hi, I found a behaviour of touch that I don't understand (It seems to me a bug, at least a bug for the documentation) regarding the access, modifications and change times attributes of a file. I'm using a Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r2, linux 2.2.18, glibc 2.1 and the problem is that if

Bug: touch

2000-11-05 Thread Wenjun Zheng
- the following command does not work properly $ touch touch: file arguments missing Try `touch --help' for more information. - the following command is OK $ touch ./ - system info $ uname -a Linux jewel 2.2.15 #1 Sat Jun 3 02:39:56 PDT 2000 i686 unknown Thanks, W

[Bug-fileutils] make/touch, unsigned/signed

2000-09-19 Thread Gabor Kiss
Dear folks, Today I found an interesting problem. I have a Debian i386 Linux. I've issued the following commands: $ touch --date=1970-01-01 lgconfig.h $ make -n lgconfig.h Make has complained: make: *** Warning: File `lgconfig.h' has modification time in the future (1970-01-01 00:00

touch reports wrong date

2000-09-05 Thread bg . mahesh
hi I am using Redhat 6.2 and I am having some strange problem with the dates on the files created. blr:mahesh(4)% date Tue Sep 5 21:57:50 IST 2000 blr:mahesh(5)% touch hello blr:mahesh(6)% l hello -rw-r--r-- 1 mahesh mahesh 0 Sep 5 16:27 hello blr:mahesh(7)% touch --v touch

touch

2000-07-17 Thread Parrish, Steve
Hi, I had sent this message once before but I was not receiving email messages back due to network problems at my end. Could you please respond to the following question again. Sorry!! Hello, Touch.exe does not seem to work for windows 2000. Any Ideas? Steve Parrish

touch

2000-02-12 Thread Mihai Beffa
I am running RedHat 6.1 on a Pentium III box. The "touch" command does not work right. [root@webquote mbeffa]# date Sat Feb 12 19:01:12 PST 2000 [root@webquote mbeffa]# touch temp [root@webquote mbeffa]# ls -l temp -rw-r--r--   1 root root    0 Feb 13 03:01 temp

Re: touch 4.0i

1999-12-15 Thread François Pinard
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:49:07 +0200 >From: "Gabor Z. Papp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I would like, that touch modify also the date of the link >itself, not just the linked file's date. > It can&#x