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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-17 07:55:05 -0600 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2009-10-17 14:36:28 -0600 |
| commit | 9e13b6a0b41532b63778aa67df40710df41174eb (patch) | |
| tree | b57f5cfb5452b54d42e3b81d25aa1bde32966bf2 /NEWS | |
| parent | 527fb951def33fd76302e06f30e7221abd516ab6 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-9e13b6a0b41532b63778aa67df40710df41174eb.tar.xz | |
touch: add -h to change symlink timestamps, where supported
* src/touch.c (no_dereference): New flag variable.
(longopts): Add -h/--no-dereference.
(touch): Add symlink handling.
(usage): Document new option.
(main): Accept new option.
* NEWS: Document it.
* doc/coreutils.texi (touch invocation): Likewise. Also mention
birthtime.
* tests/touch/no-dereference: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- md5sum --check now also accepts openssl-style checksums. So do sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum and sha512sum. + touch now accepts the option --no-dereference (-h), as a means to + change symlink timestamps on platforms with enough support. + * Noteworthy changes in release 8.0 (2009-10-06) [beta] |