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.66: 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>