This mode is requested by the --set-time (-t)
command line option. In this mode genfile
operates
similarly to the touch
command: for each file listed in the
command line, it sets its access and modification times to the current
timestamp or to the value given with the --date option. The
--date option takes a date specification in
an almost arbitrary format as its argument (see Date input formats), e.g.:
genfile --set-time --date='2 days ago' a b c
By default, genfile
follows symbolic links and sets
times of the file they point to. This can be changed by supplying the
--no-dereference (-h) option: if it is given,
genfile
will change access and modification times of the
symbolic link itself. Notice, that not all operating systems allow
this.