severity 376124 wishlist thanks On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> clone 376103 -1 > retitle -1 recode: bad default: hides file modifications by restoring mtimes > reassign -1 recode > severity 376103 normal > thanks > > [Vincent Lefevre] > > The "recode" utility does not update the timestamp (I assume this is > > a feature). > > Yeah, well ... I don't know whose brilliant idea it was, but it seems > this _is_ documented: > > `--touch' > The _touch_ option is meaningful only when files are recoded over > themselves. Without it, the time-stamps associated with files are > preserved, to reflect the fact that changing the code of a file > does not really alter its informational contents. The fact that this is documented makes this to be wishlist, not grave. I'll forward this upstream. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
