cvs commit: src ObsoleteFiles.inc

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:38:43PM +0300, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> >BTW, if you just need to ensure that a file exists, a safe alternative
> >to 'touch ${FILE}' is ':>>${FILE}'.  Makefiles in src/sys/modules
> >which use touch should probably be updated to use this instead.
> 
>  It doesn't change the file's last modification time for me using /bin/sh:
> 
> # uname -r
> 6.1-RELEASE
> # ls -l aaa
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  512 Jul 18 17:00 aaa
> # :>>aaa
> # ls -l aaa
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  512 Jul 18 17:00 aaa
> # date
> Mon Aug 14 15:35:23 EEST 2006
> 
> So ':>>${FILE}' isn't the same as 'touch ${FILE}' for existing files.
> 
Right, I backed the changes out.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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