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How do I perform a touch on a file?
Author: Deron Eriksson
Description: This Java tutorial describes how to perform a touch on a file using Commons IO.
Tutorial created using:
Windows XP || JDK 1.5.0_09 || Eclipse Web Tools Platform 2.0 (Eclipse 3.3.0)
(Continued from page 1) The Touch class first touches 'new-file.txt', which doesn't exist. This creates 'new-file.txt' and labels it with the current time as the last-modified time. The Touch class then touches 'test.txt', which already exists. It modifies the last-modified time of 'test.txt' to be the current time. The console output of the Touch class is shown here: Checking new-file.txt new-file.txt does not exist Modified: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 PST 1969 Calling 'touch' new-file.txt exists Modified: Sat Jan 26 23:02:19 PST 2008 Checking test.txt test.txt exists Modified: Sat Jan 26 22:54:27 PST 2008 Calling 'touch' test.txt exists Modified: Sat Jan 26 23:02:19 PST 2008 |