From 1307b6203cd9e963514a3a2808f569f6d0e69a7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: default <nobody@localhost>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:59:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use utimes() to 'touch' the actor file in actor_get().

---
 data.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 3a28989..2748cce 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -1407,13 +1407,9 @@ int actor_get(snac *snac1, const char *actor, xs_dict **data)
 
     if (mtime(fn) + max_time < (double) time(NULL)) {
         /* actor data exists but also stinks */
-        FILE *f;
 
-        if ((f = fopen(fn, "a")) != NULL) {
-            /* write a blank at the end to 'touch' the file */
-            fwrite(" ", 1, 1, f);
-            fclose(f);
-        }
+        /* touch the file */
+        utimes(fn, NULL);
 
         status = 205; /* "205: Reset Content" "110: Response Is Stale" */
     }