#30164 [Opn->Bgs]: touch won't change symbolic links

ID: 30164 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: mave at clanteamtreff dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux ( Debian 3.0 r2 ) PHP Version: 5.0.0 New Comment: No bug in PHP. That's the way libc's utime() and others work: they change the file, not the link itself. There are also some syscalls that work with symlinks: lchown, lchmod & lutimes, but as far as I can see they are very system dependant and adding their analogues will probably cause a lot of #ifdef mess. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-20 11:09:54] mave at clanteamtreff dot com Symbolic Links dont work also with the Funktions : bool chgrp ( string filename, mixed group) bool chmod ( string filename, int mode bool chown ( string filename, mixed user) ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-20 10:49:31] mave at clanteamtreff dot com Description: ------------ the command bool touch ( string filename [, int time [, int atime]]) only works with regular files. I have to change some times on Symbolik links. The OS Cmd touch can also change times of Symbolik links. Currently i use this, but it issnt really good. (sorry for my bad english, i hope you understand it) Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // This works $FileName = "/path/file"; touch($FileName, mktime(0,0,0,1,1,1990) ); // This dont works $FileName = "/path/link"; touch($FileName, mktime(0,0,0,1,1,1990) ); ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30164&edit=1