fn: poke
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Syntax

The syntax for poke calls is:

f++:  
poke{option}(params)

n++:  
@poke{option}(params)

Description

The poke function takes a non-zero number of string parameters that should be paths to create or just update the modification time for, you can poke files or directories.

Note: Nift will skip to the first non-whitespace (ie. to the first character that is not a space, tab or newline) after a poke call and inject it to the output file where the call started. If you want to prevent Nift from doing this put a '!' after the call, eg.:

@poke(dir)!

Options

The following options are available for poke calls:

option description
dirs create directories
files create files (default)
option description

f++ example

Examples of poke being used with f++:

poke("example.txt")
poke{dirs}("dir/")

n++ example

Examples of poke being used with n++:

@poke("example.txt")
@poke{dirs}("dir/")