Re: touch(1) doesn't act as expected: One for JMC

2013-03-05 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 08:50:08PM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: > On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 07:42:32 +, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > >i don;t much like describing shell behaviour in other pages, but > >we do do it in other pages, and i agree this one seems particularly > >likely to catch folks out. fix c

Re: touch(1) doesn't act as expected: One for JMC

2013-03-05 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 07:42:32 +, Jason McIntyre wrote: >i don;t much like describing shell behaviour in other pages, but >we do do it in other pages, and i agree this one seems particularly >likely to catch folks out. fix coming... I agree about the shell behaviour being something the beginners

Re: touch(1) doesn't act as expected: One for JMC

2013-03-04 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 10:19:11PM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: > Snip from the manpage describing the format used to apply a date to a > file: > ccyy Year. >mm Month: a number from 1 to 12. >dd Day: a number from 1 to 31. >

Re: touch(1) doesn't act as expected: One for JMC

2013-03-04 Thread Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas
"Rod Whitworth" writes: > Snip from the manpage describing the format used to apply a date to a > file: > ccyy Year. >mm Month: a number from 1 to 12. >dd Day: a number from 1 to 31. >T Either the capital let

touch(1) doesn't act as expected: One for JMC

2013-03-04 Thread Rod Whitworth
Snip from the manpage describing the format used to apply a date to a file: ccyy Year. mm Month: a number from 1 to 12. dd Day: a number from 1 to 31. T Either the capital letter `T' or a single space.