#!/usr/bin/env python __doc__ = """Same as `echo a >> b`, but ensures a changed mtime of b. Without this svn will not detect workspace changes.""" import sys, os text = sys.argv[1] fname = sys.argv[2] f = open(fname, "ab") try: before = os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime f.write(text) f.write("\n") finally: f.close() inc = 1 now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime while now == before: t = now + inc inc += 1 os.utime(fname, (t, t)) now = os.stat(fname).st_mtime