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Re: touch -c file/


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: touch -c file/
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:20:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

> > OK to apply?  This test fails on Solaris 9 until you import the latest 
gnulib.
> 
> Test looks good.
> Should you test that `touch -h -d link2/` also dereferences symlink?
> If that's already tested elsewhere, ignore me.

That exact test was what I used in the last few lines of the test as proposed.

Or were you thinking:
touch -h -r link2/ file

picks up the timestamps of the directory, not the symlink, as the reference 
timestamps used for altering file?  Good idea; I'll squash that in before 
committing.

-- 
Eric Blake







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