chraebsli@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 10 months agoTouch a file in Linuxprogramming.devimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up11.11K
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minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·9 months agoBecause now touch does two things. Without touch, we could “just” use the shell to create files. : > foo.txt
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoTouch does one thing from a “contract” perspective: Ensure the timestamp of <file> is <now>
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoSystemd also does one thing from a contract perspective: run your system
minus-squaredukk@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoDoes it do it well, though?
Because now touch does two things.
Without touch, we could “just” use the shell to create files.
Touch does one thing from a “contract” perspective:
Ensure the timestamp of <file> is <now>
Systemd also does one thing from a contract perspective: run your system
Oh no.
:(
Does it do it well, though?