src/touch.c

   1 /* touch -- change modification and access times of files
   2    Copyright (C) 1987-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   4    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   6    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   7    (at your option) any later version.
   8
   9    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  12    GNU General Public License for more details.
  13
  14    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  16
  17 /* Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie,
  18    and Randy Smith. */
  19
  20 #include <config.h>
  21 #include <stdio.h>
  22 #include <getopt.h>
  23 #include <sys/types.h>
  24 #include <assert.h>
  25
  26 #include "system.h"
  27 #include "argmatch.h"
  28 #include "die.h"
  29 #include "error.h"
  30 #include "fd-reopen.h"
  31 #include "parse-datetime.h"
  32 #include "posixtm.h"
  33 #include "posixver.h"
  34 #include "quote.h"
  35 #include "stat-time.h"
  36 #include "utimens.h"
  37
  38 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix).  */
  39 #define PROGRAM_NAME "touch"
  40
  41 #define AUTHORS \
  42   proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
  43   proper_name ("Arnold Robbins"), \
  44   proper_name ("Jim Kingdon"), \
  45   proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
  46   proper_name ("Randy Smith")
  47
  48 /* Bitmasks for 'change_times'. */
  49 #define CH_ATIME 1
  50 #define CH_MTIME 2
  51
  52 /* Which timestamps to change. */
  53 static int change_times;
  54
  55 /* (-c) If true, don't create if not already there.  */
  56 static bool no_create;
  57
  58 /* (-r) If true, use times from a reference file.  */
  59 static bool use_ref;
  60
  61 /* (-h) If true, change the times of an existing symlink, if possible.  */
  62 static bool no_dereference;
  63
  64 /* If true, the only thing we have to do is change both the
  65    modification and access time to the current time, so we don't
  66    have to own the file, just be able to read and write it.
  67    On some systems, we can do this if we own the file, even though
  68    we have neither read nor write access to it.  */
  69 static bool amtime_now;
  70
  71 /* New access and modification times to use when setting time.  */
  72 static struct timespec newtime[2];
  73
  74 /* File to use for -r. */
  75 static char *ref_file;
  76
  77 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
  78    non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1.  */
  79 enum
  80 {
  81   TIME_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
  82 };
  83
  84 static struct option const longopts[] =
  85 {
  86   {"time", required_argument, NULL, TIME_OPTION},
  87   {"no-create", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
  88   {"date", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
  89   {"reference", required_argument, NULL, 'r'},
  90   {"no-dereference", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
  91   {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
  92   {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
  93   {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
  94 };
  95
  96 /* Valid arguments to the '--time' option. */
  97 static char const *const time_args[] =
  98 {
  99   "atime", "access", "use", "mtime", "modify", NULL
 100 };
 101
 102 /* The bits in 'change_times' that those arguments set. */
 103 static int const time_masks[] =
 104 {
 105   CH_ATIME, CH_ATIME, CH_ATIME, CH_MTIME, CH_MTIME
 106 };
 107
 108 /* Store into *RESULT the result of interpreting FLEX_DATE as a date,
 109    relative to NOW.  If NOW is null, use the current time.  */
 110
 111 static void
 112 get_reldate (struct timespec *result,
 113              char const *flex_date, struct timespec const *now)
 114 {
 115   if (! parse_datetime (result, flex_date, now))
 116     die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid date format %s"), quote (flex_date));
 117 }
 118
 119 /* Update the time of file FILE according to the options given.
 120    Return true if successful.  */
 121
 122 static bool
 123 touch (char const *file)
 124 {
 125   int fd = -1;
 126   int open_errno = 0;
 127   struct timespec const *t = newtime;
 128
 129   if (STREQ (file, "-"))
 130     fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
 131   else if (! (no_create || no_dereference))
 132     {
 133       /* Try to open FILE, creating it if necessary.  */
 134       fd = fd_reopen (STDIN_FILENO, file,
 135                       O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY, MODE_RW_UGO);
 136       if (fd < 0)
 137         open_errno = errno;
 138     }
 139
 140   if (change_times != (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME))
 141     {
 142       /* We're setting only one of the time values.  */
 143       if (change_times == CH_MTIME)
 144         newtime[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
 145       else
 146         {
 147           assert (change_times == CH_ATIME);
 148           newtime[1].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
 149         }
 150     }
 151
 152   if (amtime_now)
 153     {
 154       /* Pass NULL to futimens so it will not fail if we have
 155          write access to the file, but don't own it.  */
 156       t = NULL;
 157     }
 158
 159   char const *file_opt = fd == STDOUT_FILENO ? NULL : file;
 160   int atflag = no_dereference ? AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW : 0;
 161   int utime_errno = (fdutimensat (fd, AT_FDCWD, file_opt, t, atflag) == 0
 162                      ? 0 : errno);
 163
 164   if (fd == STDIN_FILENO)
 165     {
 166       if (close (STDIN_FILENO) != 0)
 167         {
 168           error (0, errno, _("failed to close %s"), quoteaf (file));
 169           return false;
 170         }
 171     }
 172   else if (fd == STDOUT_FILENO)
 173     {
 174       /* Do not diagnose "touch -c - >&-".  */
 175       if (utime_errno == EBADF && no_create)
 176         return true;
 177     }
 178
 179   if (utime_errno != 0)
 180     {
 181       /* Don't diagnose with open_errno if FILE is a directory, as that
 182          would give a bogus diagnostic for e.g., 'touch /' (assuming we
 183          don't own / or have write access).  On Solaris 10 and probably
 184          other systems, opening a directory like "." fails with EINVAL.
 185          (On SunOS 4 it was EPERM but that's obsolete.)  */
 186       struct stat st;
 187       if (open_errno
 188           && ! (open_errno == EISDIR
 189                 || (open_errno == EINVAL
 190                     && stat (file, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))))
 191         {
 192           /* The wording of this diagnostic should cover at least two cases:
 193              - the file does not exist, but the parent directory is unwritable
 194              - the file exists, but it isn't writable
 195              I think it's not worth trying to distinguish them.  */
 196           error (0, open_errno, _("cannot touch %s"), quoteaf (file));
 197         }
 198       else
 199         {
 200           if (no_create && utime_errno == ENOENT)
 201             return true;
 202           error (0, utime_errno, _("setting times of %s"), quoteaf (file));
 203         }
 204       return false;
 205     }
 206
 207   return true;
 208 }
 209
 210 void
 211 usage (int status)
 212 {
 213   if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
 214     emit_try_help ();
 215   else
 216     {
 217       printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE...\n"), program_name);
 218       fputs (_("\
 219 Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.\n\
 220 \n\
 221 A FILE argument that does not exist is created empty, unless -c or -h\n\
 222 is supplied.\n\
 223 \n\
 224 A FILE argument string of - is handled specially and causes touch to\n\
 225 change the times of the file associated with standard output.\n\
 226 "), stdout);
 227
 228       emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
 229
 230       fputs (_("\
 231   -a                     change only the access time\n\
 232   -c, --no-create        do not create any files\n\
 233   -d, --date=STRING      parse STRING and use it instead of current time\n\
 234   -f                     (ignored)\n\
 235 "), stdout);
 236       fputs (_("\
 237   -h, --no-dereference   affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
 238                          file (useful only on systems that can change the\n\
 239                          timestamps of a symlink)\n\
 240   -m                     change only the modification time\n\
 241 "), stdout);
 242       fputs (_("\
 243   -r, --reference=FILE   use this file's times instead of current time\n\
 244   -t STAMP               use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time\n\
 245       --time=WORD        change the specified time:\n\
 246                            WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to -a\n\
 247                            WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to -m\n\
 248 "), stdout);
 249       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
 250       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
 251       fputs (_("\
 252 \n\
 253 Note that the -d and -t options accept different time-date formats.\n\
 254 "), stdout);
 255       emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
 256     }
 257   exit (status);
 258 }
 259
 260 int
 261 main (int argc, char **argv)
 262 {
 263   int c;
 264   bool date_set = false;
 265   bool ok = true;
 266   char const *flex_date = NULL;
 267
 268   initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
 269   set_program_name (argv[0]);
 270   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
 271   bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 272   textdomain (PACKAGE);
 273
 274   atexit (close_stdout);
 275
 276   change_times = 0;
 277   no_create = use_ref = false;
 278
 279   while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "acd:fhmr:t:", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
 280     {
 281       switch (c)
 282         {
 283         case 'a':
 284           change_times |= CH_ATIME;
 285           break;
 286
 287         case 'c':
 288           no_create = true;
 289           break;
 290
 291         case 'd':
 292           flex_date = optarg;
 293           break;
 294
 295         case 'f':
 296           break;
 297
 298         case 'h':
 299           no_dereference = true;
 300           break;
 301
 302         case 'm':
 303           change_times |= CH_MTIME;
 304           break;
 305
 306         case 'r':
 307           use_ref = true;
 308           ref_file = optarg;
 309           break;
 310
 311         case 't':
 312           if (! posixtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec, optarg,
 313                            PDS_LEADING_YEAR | PDS_CENTURY | PDS_SECONDS))
 314             die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid date format %s"),
 315                  quote (optarg));
 316           newtime[0].tv_nsec = 0;
 317           newtime[1] = newtime[0];
 318           date_set = true;
 319           break;
 320
 321         case TIME_OPTION:       /* --time */
 322           change_times |= XARGMATCH ("--time", optarg,
 323                                      time_args, time_masks);
 324           break;
 325
 326         case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
 327
 328         case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
 329
 330         default:
 331           usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
 332         }
 333     }
 334
 335   if (change_times == 0)
 336     change_times = CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME;
 337
 338   if (date_set && (use_ref || flex_date))
 339     {
 340       error (0, 0, _("cannot specify times from more than one source"));
 341       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
 342     }
 343
 344   if (use_ref)
 345     {
 346       struct stat ref_stats;
 347       /* Don't use (no_dereference?lstat:stat) (args), since stat
 348          might be an object-like macro.  */
 349       if (no_dereference ? lstat (ref_file, &ref_stats)
 350           : stat (ref_file, &ref_stats))
 351         die (EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
 352              _("failed to get attributes of %s"), quoteaf (ref_file));
 353       newtime[0] = get_stat_atime (&ref_stats);
 354       newtime[1] = get_stat_mtime (&ref_stats);
 355       date_set = true;
 356       if (flex_date)
 357         {
 358           if (change_times & CH_ATIME)
 359             get_reldate (&newtime[0], flex_date, &newtime[0]);
 360           if (change_times & CH_MTIME)
 361             get_reldate (&newtime[1], flex_date, &newtime[1]);
 362         }
 363     }
 364   else
 365     {
 366       if (flex_date)
 367         {
 368           struct timespec now;
 369           gettime (&now);
 370           get_reldate (&newtime[0], flex_date, &now);
 371           newtime[1] = newtime[0];
 372           date_set = true;
 373
 374           /* If neither -a nor -m is specified, treat "-d now" as if
 375              it were absent; this lets "touch" succeed more often in
 376              the presence of restrictive permissions.  */
 377           if (change_times == (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME)
 378               && newtime[0].tv_sec == now.tv_sec
 379               && newtime[0].tv_nsec == now.tv_nsec)
 380             {
 381               /* Check that it really was "-d now", and not a timestamp
 382                  that just happens to be the current time.  */
 383               struct timespec notnow, notnow1;
 384               notnow.tv_sec = now.tv_sec ^ 1;
 385               notnow.tv_nsec = now.tv_nsec;
 386               get_reldate (&notnow1, flex_date, &notnow);
 387               if (notnow1.tv_sec == notnow.tv_sec
 388                   && notnow1.tv_nsec == notnow.tv_nsec)
 389                 date_set = false;
 390             }
 391         }
 392     }
 393
 394   /* The obsolete 'MMDDhhmm[YY]' form is valid IFF there are
 395      two or more non-option arguments.  */
 396   if (!date_set && 2 <= argc - optind && posix2_version () < 200112
 397       && posixtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec, argv[optind],
 398                     PDS_TRAILING_YEAR | PDS_PRE_2000))
 399     {
 400       newtime[0].tv_nsec = 0;
 401       newtime[1] = newtime[0];
 402       date_set = true;
 403
 404       if (! getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT"))
 405         {
 406           struct tm const *tm = localtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec);
 407
 408           /* Technically, it appears that even a deliberate attempt to cause
 409              the above localtime to return NULL will always fail because our
 410              posixtime implementation rejects all dates for which localtime
 411              would fail.  However, skip the warning if it ever fails.  */
 412           if (tm)
 413             error (0, 0,
 414                    _("warning: 'touch %s' is obsolete; use "
 415                      "'touch -t %04ld%02d%02d%02d%02d.%02d'"),
 416                    argv[optind],
 417                    tm->tm_year + 1900L, tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday,
 418                    tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
 419         }
 420
 421       optind++;
 422     }
 423
 424   if (!date_set)
 425     {
 426       if (change_times == (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME))
 427         amtime_now = true;
 428       else
 429         newtime[1].tv_nsec = newtime[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_NOW;
 430     }
 431
 432   if (optind == argc)
 433     {
 434       error (0, 0, _("missing file operand"));
 435       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
 436     }
 437
 438   for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
 439     ok &= touch (argv[optind]);
 440
 441   return ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 442 }