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-rw-r--r--src/touch.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index a10575146..df595ae8e 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -334,7 +334,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
date_set++;
}
- if (!date_set && optind < argc && !STREQ (argv[optind - 1], "--"))
+ /* The obsolescent `MMDDhhmm[YY]' form is valid IFF there are
+ two or more non-option arguments. */
+ if (!date_set && 2 <= argc - optind && !STREQ (argv[optind - 1], "--"))
{
newtime = posixtime (argv[optind], PDS_TRAILING_YEAR);
if (newtime != (time_t) -1)