bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose (original) (raw)

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From: Jim Meyering
Subject: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0200

Pádraig 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.