apps

Class Touch

java.lang.Object

apps.Application

apps.ClientApplication

apps.Touch

public class Touch
extends ClientApplication

Creates empty files.

This application takes a list of remote files as arguments. For each remote file that does not exist, the application attempts to create it.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class apps.Application

EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Touch()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	coreLogic(java.lang.String[] arguments) Application main method.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] arguments) Application entry point.
private void	touch(java.lang.String remote_file) Attempts to create a remote file, if it does not exist.

Methods inherited from class apps.ClientApplication

fatal, report, report, run

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Touch

public Touch()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] arguments)

Application entry point.

coreLogic

public void coreLogic(java.lang.String[] arguments)
               throws ApplicationFailure

Application main method.

Specified by:

coreLogic in class ClientApplication

Parameters:

arguments - Command line arguments.

Throws:

ApplicationFailure - When an error occurs. If this exception is thrown, its message string is printed to the standard error stream, and the application's exit status is non-zero.

touch

private void touch(java.lang.String remote_file)
            throws ApplicationFailure

Attempts to create a remote file, if it does not exist.

This method is called for each command line argument.

Parameters:

remote_file - Path to the file to be created.

Throws:

ApplicationFailure - If the file does not yet exist and cannot be created.