2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.cpp b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.cpp
index 475eb386b..10a8f6be8 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QTextCodec>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
+#include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
 #include <cstdio>
 
@@ -231,3 +232,18 @@ FileOut::State FileOut::done(QString *errorMessage)
 
     return Success;
 }
+
+void FileOut::touchFile(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    QFile toucher(filePath);
+    qint64 size = toucher.size();
+    if (!toucher.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)) {
+        qCWarning(lcShiboken).noquote().nospace()
+                << QStringLiteral("Failed to touch file '%1'")
+                   .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
+        return;
+    }
+    toucher.resize(size+1);
+    toucher.resize(size);
+    toucher.close();
+}
diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.h b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.h
index 6c27b5b00..aace70131 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.h
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/fileout.h
@@ -46,9 +46,15 @@ public:
     explicit FileOut(QString name);
     ~FileOut();
 
+    QString filePath() const { return name; }
+
     State done();
     State done(QString *errorMessage);
 
+    void touch() { touchFile(name); }
+
+    static void touchFile(const QString &filePath);
+
     QTextStream stream;
 
     static bool dummy;