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bpettichord

11/14/2006 11:39:00 PM

I need to "touch" a file from my ruby script. (This is a unix-based
command that updates the timestamp on a file, creating it, if it
doesn't already exist.) I'm running on Windows. A collegue found a port
of "touch" and installed it and called it using "system", but i would
rather see a solution that requires less installation.

I am currently using the following code:

class File
def self.touch(filename)
File.open(filename, 'a'){|f| f.puts ' '}
end
end

This implementation is good enough for my present needs (touching an
xml file), but it has obvious side effects that could be a problem in
other contexts.

I did find a touch command in Ruby in the ptools package at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ruby-... but it did not work.
(It zeroed the file it touched!)

Any suggestions for a better "touch" in Ruby?

Bret
2 Answers

Philip Hallstrom

11/14/2006 11:53:00 PM

0

bpettichord

11/15/2006 12:09:00 AM

0


Philip Hallstrom wrote:

> What's wrong with FileUtils.touch() ?
>
> http://corelib.rubyonrails.org/classes/FileUtils.ht...

That looks good. Thanks.

In retrospect, i realize that i should have used fxri first.

Bret