From: "kwilczynski (Krzysztof Wilczynski)" Date: 2013-08-11T19:31:40+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:56552] [ruby-trunk - Feature #7106] FileUtils.touch should allow touching the symlink itself rather than the file the link points to Issue #7106 has been updated by kwilczynski (Krzysztof Wilczynski). In the grand scheme of things FileUtils could be a gem (especially, since it lacks a maintainer now), yes. This probably would turn to be good for it, actually. As per your suggestion, I am going to do my best and maintain this as a gem for any BSD/POSIX.1 compliant platform. Maybe even with Windows support later (with Luis' blessing). ---------------------------------------- Feature #7106: FileUtils.touch should allow touching the symlink itself rather than the file the link points to https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7106#change-41090 Author: cirrusthinking (Alessandro Diaferia) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: next minor Most systems support POSIX lutimes sys call that allows a symlink to be touched. I'd like to see this feature implemented. Unfortunately I'd like to see this feature on Solaris as soon as possible but I cannot see lutimes syscall supported there. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/