Move ARDOUR::touch_file to pbd/file_utils.h

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc b/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc
index 25d675932b..a83d116d02 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc
@@ -343,6 +343,17 @@ copy_recurse(const std::string & from_path, const std::string & to_dir)
 	}
 }
 
+bool
+touch_file (const std::string& path)
+{
+	int fd = g_open (path.c_str(), O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0660);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		close (fd);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 std::string
 get_absolute_path (const std::string & p)
 {
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h
index 761d8d407f..b55b9fd4e4 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ LIBPBD_API void copy_files(const std::string & from_path, const std::string & to
 LIBPBD_API void copy_recurse(const std::string & from_path, const std::string & to_dir);
 
 /**
+ * Update the access and modification times of file at @path, creating file if it
+ * doesn't already exist.
+ * @path file path to touch
+ * @return true if file exists or was created and access time updated.
+ */
+LIBPBD_API bool touch_file (const std::string& path);
+
+/**
  * Take a (possibly) relative path and make it absolute
  * @return An absolute path
  */