bug#79931: possible option additions/changes for GNU "touch"

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2025 09:14:58 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Organization	UCLA Computer Science Department
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 2025-12-01 09:03, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> I've often wished that "touch" had an option like -c, but the opposite
>> - that is, *always* create (and generate an error if the file already
>> exists) (*).
> 
> What use cases would there be for -c?

Sorry, I meant to write, "What use cases would there be for this new 
option?"