file_touch: Change file access and modification times

In fs: Cross-Platform File System Operations Based on 'libuv'

Change file access and modification times

Description

Like the touch POSIX utility this will create the file if it does not exist.

Usage

file_touch(path, access_time = Sys.time(), modification_time = access_time)

Arguments

path	A character vector of one or more paths.
access_time, modification_time	The times to set, inputs will be coerced to POSIXct objects.

Examples

file_touch("foo", "2018-01-01")
file_info("foo")[c("access_time", "modification_time", "change_time", "birth_time")]

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