当关键字with已经发布时，此答案与Python-2.5以来的所有版本兼容。

1. 如果不存在则创建文件+设置当前时间 (与命令触摸完全相同)

import os

fname = 'directory/filename.txt'
with open(fname, 'a'):     # Create file if does not exist
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
                           # May raise OSError if file does not exist

一个更健壮的版本:

import os

with open(fname, 'a'):
  try:                     # Whatever if file was already existing
    os.utime(fname, None)  # => Set current time anyway
  except OSError:
    pass  # File deleted between open() and os.utime() calls

2. 如果文件不存在，则创建该文件 (不更新时间)

with open(fname, 'a'):  # Create file if does not exist
    pass

3.只需更新文件访问/修改次数 (如果不存在，则不创建文件)

import os

try:
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
except OSError:
    pass  # File does not exist (or no permission)

使用os.path.exists()不会简化代码:

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
import os

if os.path.exists(fname):
  try:
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
  except OSError:
    pass  # File deleted between exists() and utime() calls
          # (or no permission)

奖励:更新目录中所有文件的时间

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
import os

number_of_files = 0

#   Current directory which is "walked through"
#   |     Directories in root
#   |     |  Files in root       Working directory
#   |     |  |                     |
for root, _, filenames in os.walk('.'):
  for fname in filenames:
    pathname = os.path.join(root, fname)
    try:
      os.utime(pathname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
      number_of_files += 1
    except OSError as why:
      print('Cannot change time of %r because %r', pathname, why)

print('Changed time of %i files', number_of_files)

以下是充分的:

import os
def func(filename):
    if os.path.exists(filename):
        os.utime(filename)
    else:
        with open(filename,'a') as f:
            pass

如果你想设置一个特定的触摸时间，使用操作系统。使用时间如下:

os.utime(filename,(atime,mtime))

这里，atime和mtime都应该是int/float，并且应该等于epoch time(以秒为单位)到你想设置的时间。

你为什么不试试: newfile.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
inputfile = sys.argv[1]

with open(inputfile, 'r+') as file:
    pass

Python newfile.py foobar.txt

or

使用子流程:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(["touch", "barfoo.txt"])

当关键字with已经发布时，此答案与Python-2.5以来的所有版本兼容。

1. 如果不存在则创建文件+设置当前时间 (与命令触摸完全相同)

import os

fname = 'directory/filename.txt'
with open(fname, 'a'):     # Create file if does not exist
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
                           # May raise OSError if file does not exist

一个更健壮的版本:

import os

with open(fname, 'a'):
  try:                     # Whatever if file was already existing
    os.utime(fname, None)  # => Set current time anyway
  except OSError:
    pass  # File deleted between open() and os.utime() calls

2. 如果文件不存在，则创建该文件 (不更新时间)

with open(fname, 'a'):  # Create file if does not exist
    pass

3.只需更新文件访问/修改次数 (如果不存在，则不创建文件)

import os

try:
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
except OSError:
    pass  # File does not exist (or no permission)

使用os.path.exists()不会简化代码:

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
import os

if os.path.exists(fname):
  try:
    os.utime(fname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
  except OSError:
    pass  # File deleted between exists() and utime() calls
          # (or no permission)

奖励:更新目录中所有文件的时间

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
import os

number_of_files = 0

#   Current directory which is "walked through"
#   |     Directories in root
#   |     |  Files in root       Working directory
#   |     |  |                     |
for root, _, filenames in os.walk('.'):
  for fname in filenames:
    pathname = os.path.join(root, fname)
    try:
      os.utime(pathname, None)  # Set access/modified times to now
      number_of_files += 1
    except OSError as why:
      print('Cannot change time of %r because %r', pathname, why)

print('Changed time of %i files', number_of_files)

创建一个包含所需变量的字符串，并将其传递给os.system似乎是合乎逻辑的:

touch = 'touch ' + dir + '/' + fileName
os.system(touch)

这在很多方面是不够的(例如，它不能处理空白)，所以不要这样做。

一个更健壮的方法是使用subprocess:

子流程。([‘碰’,os.path打电话。加入(目录名,文件名)])

虽然这比使用subshell (os.system)要好得多，但它仍然只适用于快速和肮脏的脚本;使用跨平台程序的公认答案。

下面是一些使用ctypes的代码(仅在Linux上测试):

from ctypes import *
libc = CDLL("libc.so.6")

#  struct timespec {
#             time_t tv_sec;        /* seconds */
#             long   tv_nsec;       /* nanoseconds */
#         };
# int futimens(int fd, const struct timespec times[2]);

class c_timespec(Structure):
    _fields_ = [('tv_sec', c_long), ('tv_nsec', c_long)]

class c_utimbuf(Structure):
    _fields_ = [('atime', c_timespec), ('mtime', c_timespec)]

utimens = CFUNCTYPE(c_int, c_char_p, POINTER(c_utimbuf))
futimens = CFUNCTYPE(c_int, c_char_p, POINTER(c_utimbuf)) 

# from /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/bits/stat.h
UTIME_NOW  = ((1l << 30) - 1l)
UTIME_OMIT = ((1l << 30) - 2l)
now  = c_timespec(0,UTIME_NOW)
omit = c_timespec(0,UTIME_OMIT)

# wrappers
def update_atime(fileno):
        assert(isinstance(fileno, int))
        libc.futimens(fileno, byref(c_utimbuf(now, omit)))
def update_mtime(fileno):
        assert(isinstance(fileno, int))
        libc.futimens(fileno, byref(c_utimbuf(omit, now)))

# usage example:
#
# f = open("/tmp/test")
# update_mtime(f.fileno())