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cuonglm
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stracing 'touch t'Using strace touch t yields: open("t", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = 3 it

open("t", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = 3

It is in touch'stouch's code and I wouldn't call it a 'check'check though. The timestamp is updated by opening the file for writing and then just closing it.

stracing 'touch t' yields: open("t", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = 3 it is in touch's code and I wouldn't call it a 'check' though. The timestamp is updated by opening the file for writing and then just closing it.

Using strace touch t yields:

open("t", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = 3

It is in touch's code and I wouldn't call it a check though. The timestamp is updated by opening the file for writing and then just closing it.

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stracing 'touch t' yields: open("t", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = 3 it is in touch's code and I wouldn't call it a 'check' though. The timestamp is updated by opening the file for writing and then just closing it.