GNU bug report logs - #11183
[coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 05:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Cc: 11183 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:02:54 +0100

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} <file pattern>

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.
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