NAnt SDK Documentation - v0.92

TouchTask Class

Touches a file or set of files -- corresponds to the Unix touch command.

For a list of all members of this type, see TouchTask Members.

System.Object
   NAnt.Core.Element
      NAnt.Core.Task
         NAnt.Core.Tasks.TouchTask

[Visual Basic]
<TaskName(Name:="touch")>
Public Class TouchTask
    Inherits Task
[C#]
[TaskName(Name="touch")]
public class TouchTask : Task

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.

Remarks

If the file specified does not exist, the task will create it.

Example

Touch the Main.cs file. The current time is used.

    
<touch file="Main.cs" />
    
  

Touch all executable files in the project base directory and its subdirectories.

    
<touch>
    <fileset>
        <include name="**/*.exe" />
        <include name="**/*.dll" />
    </fileset>
</touch>
    
  

Requirements

Namespace: NAnt.Core.Tasks

Assembly: NAnt.Core (in NAnt.Core.dll)

See Also

TouchTask Members | NAnt.Core.Tasks Namespace