Java File Touch touch(final File file)

Description

Update the last modified time of the file to system current time if the specified file exists.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
file	the File to touch

Return

true if the file exists and last modified time is updated successfully.

Declaration

public static boolean touch(final File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  www .j  a v a  2s.c  om*/
 * Copyright (c) 2015, Haiyang Li.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Update the last modified time of the file to system current time if the specified file exists.
     *
     * @param file the File to touch
     * @return true if the file exists and last modified time is updated successfully.
     */
    public static boolean touch(final File file) {
        return file.exists() && file.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
    }
}

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