WAD touch with reference file

[nickles]

touch doesn't seem to work correctly using /r{acw}. It always updates the target file's modification timestamp (w) instead of the specified one:

A:2013/02/18,00:00:00 C:2012/10/08,14:05:31 W:2014/01/28,14:22:35 u.dif
A:2010/10/10,14:00:54 C:2011/11/11,14:01:04 W:2012/12/12,14:05:31 update.exe
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touch /raupdate.exe u.dif
>> 28.01.2014 14:38:50,946 G:\Src\C\Update\u.dif

A:2013/02/18,00:00:00 C:2012/10/08,14:05:31 W:2014/01/28,14:38:50 u.dif
--------------------------------------------------------------
touch /rcupdate.exe u.dif
>> 28.01.2014 14:29:37,959 G:\Src\C\Update\u.dif

A:2013/02/18,00:00:00 C:2012/10/08,14:05:31 W:2014/01/28,14:29:37 u.dif

 

[Steve Fabian]

Sorry, but there must be a separator between the /ra and the reference file name, otherwise the syntax is ambiguous - for /rcabc.def you cannot tell whether the reference file is cabc.def using the modification timestamp, or abc.def with the creation timestamp.

 

[JohnQSmith]

Neither the help file nor the command line help show a space.

TOUCH [/A:[[-][+]rhsdaecjot] /C [/D[acw][date] /E /F /I"text" /N /O:[-]adegnrstu /Q /R[:acw]file /Sn /T[acw[u]][hh:mm[:ss]] file...

Although, one could infer that adding a : (colon) between the /R and the a, c or w would remedy the situation.

 

[nickles]

Yup, I overlooked that. Thanks, pals.

 

[Steve Fabian]

Neither the help file nor the command line help show a space.

TOUCH [/A:[[-][+]rhsdaecjot] /C [/D[acw][date] /E /F /I"text" /N /O:[-]adegnrstu /Q /R[:acw]file /Sn /T[acw[u]][hh:mm[:ss]] file...

Although, one could infer that adding a : (colon) between the /R and the a, c or w would remedy the situation.

Apparently when the command line option text was changed from courier new in version 7 to a proportional font in version 8 (yes, that far back) the separating space shrank to (nearly) invisible. However, in the example of the /R option it has always been clear. That's why my personal choice for even sample code is fixed pitch - but too much trouble in this forum when in the middle of a sentence, so even I shirk...

 

[rconn]

The colon is mandatory if you're specifying the a, c, or w option. The trailing space is highly recommended, but not essential.