in reply to "touching" a file

Your question is not particularly clear. If you want the operating system to mark a file as having been modified, you're usually going to have to open the file for writing.

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Re^2: "touching" a file
by Fletch (Bishop) on Jun 16, 2004 at 19:27 UTC

    Erm, perldoc -f utime.

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Re^2: "touching" a file
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 16, 2004 at 19:31 UTC
    Actually, perldoc -f utime :)

    The more you know, brought to you by perldoc and perlmonks :)

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