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[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 8 months ago

Because now touch does two things.

Without touch, we could "just" use the shell to create files.

: > foo.txt
[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 21 points 8 months ago

Touch does one thing from a “contract” perspective:

Ensure the timestamp of is

[-] dan@upvote.au 15 points 8 months ago

Systemd also does one thing from a contract perspective: run your system

[-] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago
[-] dukk@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Does it do it well, though?

this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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