[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#7122: closed (touch (GNU coreutils) 7.4 - no way to touch a symlink)

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> touch (GNU coreutils) 7.4 - no way to touch a symlink
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> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:51:23 -0700
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> There are reports that the BSD version of touch has a -h option which
> will make it update the timestamp of a symlink rather than the target
> of that symlink.  As it is, there's no way to update the timestamp on
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> On 28/09/10 10:51, Peter Bailey wrote:
> > There are reports that the BSD version of touch has a -h option which
> > will make it update the timestamp of a symlink rather than the target
> > of that symlink.  As it is, there's no way to update the timestamp on
> > a symlink itself.
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> Done in V8.1
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commit;h=9e13b6a0
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> cheers,
> Pádraig.
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