touch -D with DESKTOP=n

[walter harms]

Am 10.12.2011 14:35, schrieb Alexander Kriegisch:
> Maybe this is a beginner's question, so please bear with me:
> 
> a) Is there a simple way to get the '-D' option into 'touch' without
> switching to full-blown desktop (DESKTOP=y)?
> 
not a simple way


> b) How much size penalty would it roughly mean to add this option to
> 'touch'?


you will enable datetime processing (libb/time.c) and parse additional options (few bytes)
how much that actually is it hard to say as it depends on your current setup (not to mention
compilersetting and so on).

re,
 wh