Best way to 'touch' a file?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> And, depending on your needs, quite ineffective:
>
> >>> import os
> >>> os.utime('missing.file', None)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'missing.file'
>
> >>> from path import path
> >>> path('missing.file').touch()
> >>> path('missing.file').exists()
> True
>
> I guess it depends on whether "touch" implies creation-when-missing, as
> with the command line version, or just updating the time.

the OP wanted "to update the modification time of a file without actually
modifying it".  os.utime does exactly that; no more, no less, and no extra
dependencies.

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