The TouchTask works like the Unix touch command: It
sets the modtime of a file to a specific time. Default is the current
time.
Table B.52: Attributes
| Name | Type | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
file | String | The file which time is to be changed. | n/a | Yes, or nested <fileset> tag |
datetime | DateTime | The date and time the mtime of the file is to be set to. The format is "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM or PM" | now | No |
seconds | Integer | The number of seconds since Midnight Jan 1 1970 (Unix epoch). | now | No |
millis | Integer | The number of milliseconds since Midnight Jan 1 1970 (Unix epoch). Note: milliseconds are converted to seconds internally. When using this option the value must be greater than 1000. | now | No |
seconds | Integer | The number of seconds since Midnight Jan 1 1970 (Unix epoch). | now | No |
mkdirs | Boolean | Whether to create nonexistent parent directories when touching new files. | false | No |
verbose | Boolean | Whether to log the creation of new files. | true | No |
<touch file="README.txt" millis="102134111" /> <touch file="COPYING.lib" datetime="10/10/1999 09:31 AM" />
<target name="map">
<touch file="${tmp.dir}/touchtest"/>
<touch>
<fileset file="${tmp.dir}/touchtest" />
<mapper type="composite">
<mapper type="glob" from="*" to="*foo" />
<mapper type="glob" from="*" to="*bar" />
</mapper>
</touch>
</target>