File::Touch - update access and modification timestamps, creating nonexistent files where necessary.

 use File::Touch;
 @file_list = ('one.txt','../two.doc');
 $count = touch(@file_list);

 use File::Touch;
 $reference_file = '/etc/passwd';
 $touch_obj = File::Touch->new(
			       reference => $reference_file,
			       no_create => 1
			       );
 @file_list = ('one.txt','../two.doc');
 $count = $touch_obj->touch(@file_list);

 use File::Touch;
 my @files = ('one','two','three');
 my $count = touch(@files);
 print "$count files updated\n";

 use File::Touch;
 my @files = ('one','two','three');
 my $day = 24*60*60;
 my $time = time() + 30 * $day;
 my $ref = File::Touch->new( atime_only => 1, time => $time );
 my $count = $ref->touch(@files);
 print "$count files updated\n";

 use File::Touch;
 my @files = ('one','two','three');
 my $day = 24*60*60;
 my $time = time() - 30 * $day;
 my $ref = File::Touch->new( mtime => $time, no_create => 1 );
 my $count = $ref->touch(@files);
 print "$count files updated\n";

package File::Touch;

require Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(touch);
$VERSION = "0.08";
use warnings;
use strict;

use Carp;
use IO::File;
use File::stat;
use Fcntl;

my $SYSOPEN_MODE = O_WRONLY|O_CREAT;
eval {
    $SYSOPEN_MODE |= O_NONBLOCK;
};
if($@) {
    # OK, we don't have O_NONBLOCK:
    # probably running on Windows.
}
eval {
    $SYSOPEN_MODE |= O_NOCTTY;
};
if($@) {
    # OK, we don't have O_NOCTTY:
    # probably running on Windows.
}

sub new
{
    my ($caller, %arg) = @_;
    my $caller_is_obj = ref($caller);
    my $class = $caller_is_obj || $caller;
    my $self = bless{}, $class;

    my $atime_only  = $arg{atime_only} || 0; # If nonzero, change only the access time.
    my $mtime_only  = $arg{mtime_only} || 0; # If nonzero, change only the modification time.
    my $no_create   = $arg{no_create}  || 0; # If nonzero, don't create if not already there.
    my $reference   = $arg{reference};       # If defined, use this file's times instead of current time.
    my $time        = $arg{time};            # If defined, use this time instead of current time.
    my $atime       = $arg{atime};           # If defined, use this time for access time instead of current time.
    my $mtime       = $arg{mtime};           # If defined, use this time for modification time instead of current time.

    if ($atime_only && $mtime_only){
	croak("Incorrect usage: 'atime_only' and 'mtime_only' are both set - they are mutually exclusive.");
    }

    if (defined $time){
	if ((defined $atime) || (defined $mtime)){
	    croak("Incorrect usage: 'time' should not be used with either 'atime' or 'mtime' - ambiguous.");
	}
	$atime = $time unless $mtime_only;
	$mtime = $time unless $atime_only;
    }

    if (defined $reference){
	if ((defined $time) || (defined $atime) || (defined $mtime)){
	    croak("Incorrect usage: 'reference' should not be used with 'time', 'atime' or 'mtime' - ambiguous.");
	}
	if (-e $reference){
	    my $sb = stat($reference) or croak("Could not stat ($reference): $!");
	    $atime = $sb->atime unless $mtime_only;
	    $mtime = $sb->mtime unless $atime_only;
	} else {
	    croak("Reference file ($reference) does not exist");
	}
    }

    $self->{_atime}      = $atime;
    $self->{_mtime}      = $mtime;
    $self->{_no_create}  = $no_create;
    $self->{_atime_only} = $atime_only;
    $self->{_mtime_only} = $mtime_only;

    return $self;
}

sub touch
{
    my ($caller, @files) = @_;
    my $caller_is_obj = ref($caller);
    my $self;

    if ($caller_is_obj){
	$self = $caller;
    } else {
	unshift @files, $caller;
	$self->{_atime}      = undef;
	$self->{_mtime}      = undef;
	$self->{_no_create}  = 0;
	$self->{_atime_only} = 0;
	$self->{_mtime_only} = 0;
    }

    my $count = 0;

    foreach my $file (@files){
	my $time = time();
	my ($atime,$mtime);
	
	if (-e $file){
	    my $sb = stat($file) or croak("Could not stat ($file): $!");
	    $atime = $sb->atime;
	    $mtime = $sb->mtime;
	} else {
	    unless ($self->{_no_create}){
		sysopen my $fh,$file,$SYSOPEN_MODE or croak("Can't create $file : $!");
		close $fh or croak("Can't close $file : $!");
		$atime = $time;
		$mtime = $time;
	    }
	}
	unless ($self->{_mtime_only}){
	    $atime = $time;
	    $atime = $self->{_atime} if (defined $self->{_atime});
	}
	unless ($self->{_atime_only}){
	    $mtime = $time;
	    $mtime = $self->{_mtime} if (defined $self->{_mtime});
	}
	if (utime($atime,$mtime,$file)){
	    $count++;
	}
    }
    return $count;
}
1;

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