[HADOOP-9214] Create a new touch command to allow modifying atime and mtime

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.5
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.0, 3.1.2
• Component/s: tools
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Hrishikesh Gadre
• Reporter: Brian Burton
• Created: 15/Jan/13 15:14
• Updated: 20/Aug/18 22:14
• Resolved: 17/Aug/18 18:19

Description

Currently there is no way to set the mtime or atime of a file from the "hadoop fs" command line. It would be useful if the 'hadoop fs -touchz' command were updated to include this functionality.