GNU bug report logs - #27942
Bug regarding "touch" command

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: pavan kumar yalavarthi <yalavarthi.pavankumar.123 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 06:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: pavan kumar yalavarthi <yalavarthi.pavankumar.123 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#27942: closed (Re: bug#27942: Bug regarding "touch" command)
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:17:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#27942: Bug regarding "touch" command

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 27942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: pavan kumar yalavarthi <yalavarthi.pavankumar.123 <at> gmail.com>,
 27942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27942: Bug regarding "touch" command
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 00:16:23 -0700

pavan kumar yalavarthi wrote:
> " *touch  -* " is not working i.e., file named " - " is not being created
> using *touch *command in* ubuntu* flavours  , but working fine with* linux *
> flavours.

It's not a bug. In coreutils, 'touch -' is documented to touch the standard 
output file, not a file named '-'. The POSIX specification for 'touch' allows 
either the coreutils behavior or the other behavior that you mentioned. If you 
want to touch a file named '-', the command 'touch ./-' is a portable way to do it.


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From: pavan kumar yalavarthi <yalavarthi.pavankumar.123 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug regarding "touch" command
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:05:53 +0530

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" *touch  -* " is not working i.e., file named " - " is not being created
using *touch *command in* ubuntu* flavours  , but working fine with* linux *
flavours.

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