ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ ls -al check_dir_touch
ls: check_dir_touch: No such file or directory
ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ mkdir check_dir_touch
ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ ls -al check_dir_touch
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    2 ken  staff    68  5 Feb 20:12 .
drwxr-xr-x  211 ken  staff  7174  5 Feb 20:12 ..
ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ view check_dir_touch
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Editor window shows various info with no files listed
(exit editor without attempting to save anything)
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ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ > check_dir_touch/fred
ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ ls -al check_dir_touch
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    3 ken  staff   102  5 Feb 20:19 .
drwxr-xr-x  210 ken  staff  7140  5 Feb 20:18 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 ken  staff     0  5 Feb 20:19 fred
ken@ganymede: ~/tmp
$ view check_dir_touch
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Editor window now shows "fred"
(exit editor without attempting to save anything)
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