[debbugs-tracker] bug#11183: closed ([coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose)

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> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:14:20 +0300
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> Please add verbose options to program touch(1):
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> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being
> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful:
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>     touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} <file pattern>
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> Jari
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> Re: bug#11183: [coreutils 8.13] touch: add options -v, --verbose
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> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:39:08 +0200
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> tags 11183 notabug
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> Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Pádraig Brady wrote:
> >> On 04/05/2012 06:14 AM, Jari Aalto wrote:
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> >>> Please add verbose options to program touch(1):
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> >>>     -v, --verbose
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> >>> Similarly than what is found in cp(1), mv(1). Seing what files are being
> >>> touched e.g. from scripts would be helpful:
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> >>>     touch ${optionverbose:+--verbose} <file pattern>
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> >> Well files are always touched, or at a low level if the
> >> timestamps don't need to be updated, this info isn't returned.
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> >> Also to indicate as to whether files were created or not,
> >> is problematic, I don't think that can be done atomically.
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> > Exactly.
> > I'd rather not add any more --verbose options like this.
> > In fact, I have been sorely tempted to remove the --verbose
> > options from chown/chgrp and chmod: the options add complexity and
> > the printed results are not reliable.
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> Also, touch is different from mv and cp.  For those two,
> using --verbose can provide basic progress indicator when
> the files are large, and for mv, when rename is not usable.
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> So I'm closing this.
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