06-13-2011
update the timestamp of symbolic links
I'm not sure if my private messages to cdoyle and rcarnesiii are being sent. So after searching for how to update the timestamp of symbolic links (NOT the file the link points) I decided to try here for better solutions. I understand that the FreeBSD's touch supports a -h option to update links' timestamps. Will building the BSD source code for "touch" work for Solaris? Where is a trust worthy url to get this source code?
Thanks!
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update-boinc-applinks
update-boinc-applinks(1) update-boinc-applinks(1)
NAME
update-boinc-applinks - create/remove symbolic links for anonymous BOINC applications
SYNOPSIS
update-boinc-applinks [options]
DESCRIPTION
update-boinc-applinks creates (or removes) symbolic links for anonymous BOINC applications and their associated app_info.xml files in a
given BOINC data directory.
Note: update-boinc-applinks is an extension for Debian users and is only available in Debian's boinc-client package.
OPTIONS
For a full summary of options, run update-boinc-applinks --help.
-h, --help
Show help message and all options.
--create
Create symbolic links and project directories.
--remove
Remove symbolic links and empty project directories.
--data-dir=DIR
Manage symbolic links in the given directory DIR. If this option is not present, DIR defaults to the current working directory.
--project=PROJECT
Manage symbolic links only for the given project PROJECT. Run update-boinc-applinks --list-projects to get a list of projects for
which anonymous applications are available and therefore can be replaced with PROJECT. If this option is not present, update-boinc-
applinks will manage symbolic links for all available projects.
--list-projects
Show a list of projects for which anonymous applications are available. Normally those applications are provided by packages called
boinc-app-PROJECT (e.g. boinc-app-seti).
AUTHOR
Written by Frank S. Thomas.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006, 2008 Debian BOINC Maintainers.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later
version published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 January 2008 update-boinc-applinks(1)