KI_TOUCH

Create an empty file

Synopsis:
CALL KI_TOUCH file$ TO status
status = 'ki_touch( file$ )
ArgumentEnumerationPurpose
file$File name
statusKDB_ERROR_ENUMReturn status
>KI_TOUCH

KI_TOUCH

This call will create a zero byte file with the name file$. This usage is now discouraged because from KCML4 it has been possible to create such a file with OPEN# using something like

OPEN #1,file$,"w"
CLOSE#1
History
Introduced in KCML 3.00
See Also:
IP_TOS, KI_AES_DECRYPT, KI_AES_ENCRYPT, KI_COMP, KI_COMPFILE, KI_CRYPT, KI_DCOMP, KI_DCOMPFILE, KI_DES_DECRYPT, KI_DES_ENCRYPT, KI_DF, KI_DFK, KI_DIR, KI_DIR_LIST, KI_DS, KI_MD5, KI_PID, KI_PMATCH, KI_SHA1, KI_SIZE, KI_STAT, KI_STATFS, R7_DATE2J, R7_J2DATE
KCML database status codes