Java File Touch touch(File file)

Description

Implements the same behaviour as the "touch" utility on Unix.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the File to touch

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	If an I/O problem occurs

Declaration

public static void touch(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w w w.  j av a2  s.c  o m
 * Copyright 2001-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.OutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Implements the same behaviour as the "touch" utility on Unix. It creates
     * a new file with size 0 or, if the file exists already, it is opened and
     * closed without modifying it, but updating the file date and time.
     *
     * @param file
     *            the File to touch
     * @throws IOException
     *             If an I/O problem occurs
     */
    public static void touch(File file) throws IOException {
        if (!file.exists()) {
            OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
            out.close();
        }
        file.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
    }
}

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