From unknown Sat Sep 06 00:11:00 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Resent-From: Jari Aalto Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:16:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 11183 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 11183@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: GNU Project Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.133360290626502 (code B ref -1); Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:16:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2012 05:15:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40524 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf2H-0006tP-PJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:15:06 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38392) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf2E-0006tH-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:15:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1i-0002t8-AG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:31 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:60469) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1i-0002t4-7B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1g-00041H-JX for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1e-0002sq-Td for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:28 -0400 Received: from emh03.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.109]:58174) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1e-0002sc-Ma for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:26 -0400 Received: from saunalahti-vams (vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.95]) by emh03-2.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with SMTP id 865F7EC3F3 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:14:22 +0300 (EEST) Received: from emh06.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.116]) by vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.95]) with SMTP (gateway) id A06ECF7C100; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:22 +0300 Received: from bongo.cante.net (a91-155-176-245.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.176.245]) by emh06.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B01E51A6 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from test20.cante.net ([192.168.1.20]) by bongo.cante.net with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SFey1-0005Et-C2 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:10:41 +0300 Received: from jaalto by test20.cante.net with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1Y-0002dl-7l for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 From: Jari Aalto Mail-Copies-To: poster Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 Message-ID: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jari.aalto@cante.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on test20.cante.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Antivirus: VAMS X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) Please add verbose options to program touch(1): -v, --verbose Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} Jari From unknown Sat Sep 06 00:11:00 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11183 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Jari Aalto Cc: 11183@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 11183-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11183.133362741232503 (code B ref 11183); Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:04:02 +0000 Received: (at 11183) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2012 12:03:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40920 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlPY-0008SC-L2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:03:32 -0400 Received: from mail3.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.45]:61470) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlPU-0008S2-SY for 11183@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:03:31 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap8BAJ2JfU9tTBEB/2dsb2JhbAANOLVhhhsBAQEEMgFGEAsNCwkWDwkDAgECAUUGDQEHAQHDOJBaBJt9jQo Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.1.79]) ([109.76.17.1]) by mail3.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 05 Apr 2012 13:02:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4F7D89EE.3020804@draigBrady.com> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:02:54 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110816 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> In-Reply-To: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote: > > Please add verbose options to program touch(1): > > -v, --verbose > > Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being > touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: > > touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned. Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not, is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically. cheers, Pádraig. From unknown Sat Sep 06 00:11:00 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:09:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11183 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: =?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady Cc: 11183@debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto Received: via spool by 11183-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11183.1333627726512 (code B ref 11183); Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:09:02 +0000 Received: (at 11183) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2012 12:08:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40939 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlUc-00008C-1q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:08:46 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:38624) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlUZ-000083-Fw for 11183@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:08:45 -0400 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 9AA3A60077; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering In-Reply-To: <4F7D89EE.3020804@draigBrady.com> ("=?UTF-8?Q?P=C3=A1draig?= Brady"'s message of "Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:02:54 +0100") References: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> <4F7D89EE.3020804@draigBrady.com> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0200 Message-ID: <874nsytm8n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 23 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) P=E1draig Brady wrote: > On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote: >> >> Please add verbose options to program touch(1): >> >> -v, --verbose >> >> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being >> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: >> >> touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} > > Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the > timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned. > > Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not, > is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically. Exactly. I'd rather not add any more --verbose options like this. In fact, I have been sorely tempted to remove the --verbose options from chown/chgrp and chmod: the options add complexity and the printed results are not reliable. From unknown Sat Sep 06 00:11:00 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Resent-From: "Voelker, Bernhard" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:17:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11183 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Jari Aalto , "11183@debbugs.gnu.org" <11183@debbugs.gnu.org> Received: via spool by 11183-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11183.13336281911212 (code B ref 11183); Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:17:01 +0000 Received: (at 11183) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2012 12:16:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40943 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlc6-0000JV-Q4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:16:30 -0400 Received: from senmx12-mx.siemens-enterprise.com ([62.134.46.10]:44666) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFlc5-0000JN-5Z for 11183@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:16:30 -0400 Received: from MCHP064A.global-ad.net (unknown [172.29.37.63]) by senmx12-mx.siemens-enterprise.com (Server) with ESMTP id 85EC023F046D; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:15:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from MCHP058A.global-ad.net ([172.29.37.55]) by MCHP064A.global-ad.net ([172.29.37.63]) with mapi; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:15:55 +0200 From: "Voelker, Bernhard" Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:15:55 +0200 Thread-Topic: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Thread-Index: Ac0S6yX/i7tZNkVCR8OU4UPlJK3sWgAOnZwg Message-ID: <7856072A9D04C24B82DFE2B1112FE38A0F0FC36A4C@MCHP058A.global-ad.net> References: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> In-Reply-To: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> Accept-Language: de-DE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: de-DE, en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) Jari Aalto wrote: > Please add verbose options to program touch(1): >=20 > -v, --verbose >=20 > Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being > touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: >=20 > touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} To just reslve the file pattern, I'd suggest echo touch Have a nice day, Berny From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Oct 07 05:39:33 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Oct 2012 09:39:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59039 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TKnKf-0001r3-EY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:39:33 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:40083) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TKnKc-0001qo-FO; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:39:31 -0400 Received: from rho.meyering.net (rho.meyering.net [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 81CDA6009A; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 11:39:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig?= Brady Subject: Re: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose In-Reply-To: <874nsytm8n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (Jim Meyering's message of "Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0200") References: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> <4F7D89EE.3020804@draigBrady.com> <874nsytm8n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:39:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87sj9qwrib.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 11183-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) tags 11183 notabug thanks Jim Meyering wrote: > P=E1draig Brady wrote: >> On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote: >>> >>> Please add verbose options to program touch(1): >>> >>> -v, --verbose >>> >>> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being >>> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: >>> >>> touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} >> >> Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the >> timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned. >> >> Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not, >> is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically. > > Exactly. > I'd rather not add any more --verbose options like this. > In fact, I have been sorely tempted to remove the --verbose > options from chown/chgrp and chmod: the options add complexity and > the printed results are not reliable. Also, touch is different from mv and cp. For those two, using --verbose can provide basic progress indicator when the files are large, and for mv, when rename is not usable. So I'm closing this. From unknown Sat Sep 06 00:11:00 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Jari Aalto Subject: bug#11183: closed (Re: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose) Message-ID: References: <87sj9qwrib.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 11183 X-Gnu-PR-Package: coreutils X-Gnu-PR-Keywords: notabug Reply-To: 11183@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:40:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1349602803-7187-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1349602803-7187-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 11183@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 11183: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D11183 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1349602803-7187-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 11183-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Oct 2012 09:39:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59037 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TKnKf-0001r0-5r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:39:33 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:40083) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TKnKc-0001qo-FO; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:39:31 -0400 Received: from rho.meyering.net (rho.meyering.net [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 81CDA6009A; Sun, 7 Oct 2012 11:39:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig?= Brady Subject: Re: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose In-Reply-To: <874nsytm8n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (Jim Meyering's message of "Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0200") References: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> <4F7D89EE.3020804@draigBrady.com> <874nsytm8n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:39:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87sj9qwrib.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 11183-done Cc: 11183-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) tags 11183 notabug thanks Jim Meyering wrote: > P=E1draig Brady wrote: >> On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote: >>> >>> Please add verbose options to program touch(1): >>> >>> -v, --verbose >>> >>> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being >>> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: >>> >>> touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} >> >> Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the >> timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned. >> >> Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not, >> is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically. > > Exactly. > I'd rather not add any more --verbose options like this. > In fact, I have been sorely tempted to remove the --verbose > options from chown/chgrp and chmod: the options add complexity and > the printed results are not reliable. Also, touch is different from mv and cp. For those two, using --verbose can provide basic progress indicator when the files are large, and for mv, when rename is not usable. So I'm closing this. ------------=_1349602803-7187-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Apr 2012 05:15:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40524 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf2H-0006tP-PJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:15:06 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38392) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf2E-0006tH-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:15:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1i-0002t8-AG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:31 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:60469) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1i-0002t4-7B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1g-00041H-JX for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1e-0002sq-Td for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:28 -0400 Received: from emh03.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.109]:58174) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1e-0002sc-Ma for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:14:26 -0400 Received: from saunalahti-vams (vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.95]) by emh03-2.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with SMTP id 865F7EC3F3 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:14:22 +0300 (EEST) Received: from emh06.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.116]) by vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.95]) with SMTP (gateway) id A06ECF7C100; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:22 +0300 Received: from bongo.cante.net (a91-155-176-245.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.176.245]) by emh06.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B01E51A6 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 (EEST) Received: from test20.cante.net ([192.168.1.20]) by bongo.cante.net with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SFey1-0005Et-C2 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:10:41 +0300 Received: from jaalto by test20.cante.net with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SFf1Y-0002dl-7l for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 From: Jari Aalto To: GNU Project Subject: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose Mail-Copies-To: poster Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300 Message-ID: <87ty0ywyj7.fsf@test20.cante.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jari.aalto@cante.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on test20.cante.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Antivirus: VAMS X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) Please add verbose options to program touch(1): -v, --verbose Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful: touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} Jari ------------=_1349602803-7187-1--