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chraebsli to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago

Touch a file in Linux

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Touch a file in Linux

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chraebsli to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago
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    Because now touch does two things.

    Without touch, we could “just” use the shell to create files.

    : > foo.txt
    
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      21•2 years ago

      Touch does one thing from a “contract” perspective:

      Ensure the timestamp of is

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        Systemd also does one thing from a contract perspective: run your system

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          Oh no.

          :(

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          Does it do it well, though?

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