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1 /* touch -- change modification and access times of files
2 Copyright (C) 1987-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.
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.
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/>. */
17 /* Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie,
18 and Randy Smith. */
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <getopt.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "system.h"
26 #include "argmatch.h"
27 #include "assure.h"
28 #include "fd-reopen.h"
29 #include "parse-datetime.h"
30 #include "posixtm.h"
31 #include "posixver.h"
32 #include "quote.h"
33 #include "stat-time.h"
34 #include "utimens.h"
36 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
37 #define PROGRAM_NAME "touch"
39 #define AUTHORS \
40 proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
41 proper_name ("Arnold Robbins"), \
42 proper_name ("Jim Kingdon"), \
43 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
44 proper_name ("Randy Smith")
46 /* Bitmasks for 'change_times'. */
47 #define CH_ATIME 1
48 #define CH_MTIME 2
50 /* Which timestamps to change. */
51 static int change_times;
53 /* (-c) If true, don't create if not already there. */
54 static bool no_create;
56 /* (-r) If true, use times from a reference file. */
57 static bool use_ref;
59 /* (-h) If true, change the times of an existing symlink, if possible. */
60 static bool no_dereference;
62 /* If true, the only thing we have to do is change both the
63 modification and access time to the current time, so we don't
64 have to own the file, just be able to read and write it.
65 On some systems, we can do this if we own the file, even though
66 we have neither read nor write access to it. */
67 static bool amtime_now;
69 /* New access and modification times to use when setting time. */
70 static struct timespec newtime[2];
72 /* File to use for -r. */
73 static char *ref_file;
75 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
76 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
77 enum
79 TIME_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1
82 static struct option const longopts[] =
84 {"time", required_argument, nullptr, TIME_OPTION},
85 {"no-create", no_argument, nullptr, 'c'},
86 {"date", required_argument, nullptr, 'd'},
87 {"reference", required_argument, nullptr, 'r'},
88 {"no-dereference", no_argument, nullptr, 'h'},
89 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
90 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
91 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
94 /* Valid arguments to the '--time' option. */
95 static char const *const time_args[] =
97 "atime", "access", "use", "mtime", "modify", nullptr
100 /* The bits in 'change_times' that those arguments set. */
101 static int const time_masks[] =
103 CH_ATIME, CH_ATIME, CH_ATIME, CH_MTIME, CH_MTIME
106 /* The interpretation of FLEX_DATE as a date, relative to NOW. */
108 static struct timespec
109 date_relative (char const *flex_date, struct timespec now)
111 struct timespec result;
112 if (! parse_datetime (&result, flex_date, &now))
113 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid date format %s"), quote (flex_date));
114 return result;
117 /* Update the time of file FILE according to the options given.
118 Return true if successful. */
120 static bool
121 touch (char const *file)
123 int fd = -1;
124 int open_errno = 0;
125 struct timespec const *t = newtime;
127 if (STREQ (file, "-"))
128 fd = STDOUT_FILENO;
129 else if (! (no_create || no_dereference))
131 /* Try to open FILE, creating it if necessary. */
132 fd = fd_reopen (STDIN_FILENO, file,
133 O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY, MODE_RW_UGO);
134 if (fd < 0)
135 open_errno = errno;
138 if (change_times != (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME))
140 /* We're setting only one of the time values. */
141 if (change_times == CH_MTIME)
142 newtime[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
143 else
145 affirm (change_times == CH_ATIME);
146 newtime[1].tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT;
150 if (amtime_now)
152 /* Pass nullptr to futimens so it will not fail if we have
153 write access to the file, but don't own it. */
154 t = nullptr;
157 char const *file_opt = fd == STDOUT_FILENO ? nullptr : file;
158 int atflag = no_dereference ? AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW : 0;
159 int utime_errno = (fdutimensat (fd, AT_FDCWD, file_opt, t, atflag) == 0
160 ? 0 : errno);
162 if (fd == STDIN_FILENO)
164 if (close (STDIN_FILENO) != 0)
166 error (0, errno, _("failed to close %s"), quoteaf (file));
167 return false;
170 else if (fd == STDOUT_FILENO)
172 /* Do not diagnose "touch -c - >&-". */
173 if (utime_errno == EBADF && no_create)
174 return true;
177 if (utime_errno != 0)
179 /* Don't diagnose with open_errno if FILE is a directory, as that
180 would give a bogus diagnostic for e.g., 'touch /' (assuming we
181 don't own / or have write access). On Solaris 10 and probably
182 other systems, opening a directory like "." fails with EINVAL.
183 (On SunOS 4 it was EPERM but that's obsolete.) */
184 struct stat st;
185 if (open_errno
186 && ! (open_errno == EISDIR
187 || (open_errno == EINVAL
188 && stat (file, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))))
190 /* The wording of this diagnostic should cover at least two cases:
191 - the file does not exist, but the parent directory is unwritable
192 - the file exists, but it isn't writable
193 I think it's not worth trying to distinguish them. */
194 error (0, open_errno, _("cannot touch %s"), quoteaf (file));
196 else
198 if (no_create && utime_errno == ENOENT)
199 return true;
200 error (0, utime_errno, _("setting times of %s"), quoteaf (file));
202 return false;
205 return true;
208 void
209 usage (int status)
211 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
212 emit_try_help ();
213 else
215 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE...\n"), program_name);
216 fputs (_("\
217 Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.\n\
219 A FILE argument that does not exist is created empty, unless -c or -h\n\
220 is supplied.\n\
222 A FILE argument string of - is handled specially and causes touch to\n\
223 change the times of the file associated with standard output.\n\
224 "), stdout);
226 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
228 fputs (_("\
229 -a change only the access time\n\
230 -c, --no-create do not create any files\n\
231 -d, --date=STRING parse STRING and use it instead of current time\n\
232 -f (ignored)\n\
233 "), stdout);
234 fputs (_("\
235 -h, --no-dereference affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced\n\
236 file (useful only on systems that can change the\n\
237 timestamps of a symlink)\n\
238 -m change only the modification time\n\
239 "), stdout);
240 fputs (_("\
241 -r, --reference=FILE use this file's times instead of current time\n\
242 -t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] use specified time instead of current time,\n\
243 with a date-time format that differs from -d's\n\
244 "), stdout);
245 fputs (_("\
246 --time=WORD specify which time to change:\n\
247 access time (-a): 'access', 'atime', 'use';\n\
248 modification time (-m): 'modify', 'mtime'\n\
249 "), stdout);
250 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
251 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
252 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
254 exit (status);
258 main (int argc, char **argv)
260 int c;
261 bool date_set = false;
262 bool ok = true;
263 char const *flex_date = nullptr;
265 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
266 set_program_name (argv[0]);
267 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
268 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
269 textdomain (PACKAGE);
271 atexit (close_stdout);
273 change_times = 0;
274 no_create = use_ref = false;
276 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "acd:fhmr:t:", longopts, nullptr)) != -1)
278 switch (c)
280 case 'a':
281 change_times |= CH_ATIME;
282 break;
284 case 'c':
285 no_create = true;
286 break;
288 case 'd':
289 flex_date = optarg;
290 break;
292 case 'f':
293 break;
295 case 'h':
296 no_dereference = true;
297 break;
299 case 'm':
300 change_times |= CH_MTIME;
301 break;
303 case 'r':
304 use_ref = true;
305 ref_file = optarg;
306 break;
308 case 't':
309 if (! posixtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec, optarg,
310 PDS_LEADING_YEAR | PDS_CENTURY | PDS_SECONDS))
311 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("invalid date format %s"),
312 quote (optarg));
313 newtime[0].tv_nsec = 0;
314 newtime[1] = newtime[0];
315 date_set = true;
316 break;
318 case TIME_OPTION: /* --time */
319 change_times |= XARGMATCH ("--time", optarg,
320 time_args, time_masks);
321 break;
323 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
325 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
327 default:
328 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
332 if (change_times == 0)
333 change_times = CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME;
335 if (date_set && (use_ref || flex_date))
337 error (0, 0, _("cannot specify times from more than one source"));
338 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
341 if (use_ref)
343 struct stat ref_stats;
344 /* Don't use (no_dereference?lstat:stat) (args), since stat
345 might be an object-like macro. */
346 if (no_dereference ? lstat (ref_file, &ref_stats)
347 : stat (ref_file, &ref_stats))
348 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
349 _("failed to get attributes of %s"), quoteaf (ref_file));
350 newtime[0] = get_stat_atime (&ref_stats);
351 newtime[1] = get_stat_mtime (&ref_stats);
352 date_set = true;
353 if (flex_date)
355 if (change_times & CH_ATIME)
356 newtime[0] = date_relative (flex_date, newtime[0]);
357 if (change_times & CH_MTIME)
358 newtime[1] = date_relative (flex_date, newtime[1]);
361 else
363 if (flex_date)
365 struct timespec now = current_timespec ();
366 newtime[1] = newtime[0] = date_relative (flex_date, now);
367 date_set = true;
369 /* If neither -a nor -m is specified, treat "-d now" as if
370 it were absent; this lets "touch" succeed more often in
371 the presence of restrictive permissions. */
372 if (change_times == (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME)
373 && newtime[0].tv_sec == now.tv_sec
374 && newtime[0].tv_nsec == now.tv_nsec)
376 /* Check that it really was "-d now", and not a timestamp
377 that just happens to be the current time. */
378 struct timespec notnow, notnow1;
379 notnow.tv_sec = now.tv_sec ^ 1;
380 notnow.tv_nsec = now.tv_nsec;
381 notnow1 = date_relative (flex_date, notnow);
382 if (notnow1.tv_sec == notnow.tv_sec
383 && notnow1.tv_nsec == notnow.tv_nsec)
384 date_set = false;
389 /* The obsolete 'MMDDhhmm[YY]' form is valid IFF there are
390 two or more non-option arguments. */
391 if (!date_set && 2 <= argc - optind && posix2_version () < 200112
392 && posixtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec, argv[optind],
393 PDS_TRAILING_YEAR | PDS_PRE_2000))
395 newtime[0].tv_nsec = 0;
396 newtime[1] = newtime[0];
397 date_set = true;
399 if (! getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT"))
401 struct tm const *tm = localtime (&newtime[0].tv_sec);
403 /* Technically, it appears that even a deliberate attempt to cause
404 the above localtime to return nullptr will always fail because our
405 posixtime implementation rejects all dates for which localtime
406 would fail. However, skip the warning if it ever fails. */
407 if (tm)
408 error (0, 0,
409 _("warning: 'touch %s' is obsolete; use "
410 "'touch -t %04ld%02d%02d%02d%02d.%02d'"),
411 argv[optind],
412 tm->tm_year + 1900L, tm->tm_mon + 1, tm->tm_mday,
413 tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
416 optind++;
419 if (!date_set)
421 if (change_times == (CH_ATIME | CH_MTIME))
422 amtime_now = true;
423 else
424 newtime[1].tv_nsec = newtime[0].tv_nsec = UTIME_NOW;
427 if (optind == argc)
429 error (0, 0, _("missing file operand"));
430 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
433 for (; optind < argc; ++optind)
434 ok &= touch (argv[optind]);
436 return ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;