def touch(filepath, times=None, mkdir=False):
    """ Update the modify (modify) and change (ctime) timestamps of a file, create if necessary

    >>> from pugnlp.constants import DATA_PATH
    >>> filepath = os.path.join(DATA_PATH, 'tmpfilefortouch.txt')
    >>> touch(filepath).endswith('tmpfilefortouch.txt')
    True
    >>> os.path.isfile(filepath)
    True
    >>> os.remove(filepath)
    """
    filepath = expand_path(filepath)
    if mkdir:
        mkdir_p(os.path.dirname(filepath))
    with open(filepath, 'a'):
        if times or times is None:
            os.utime(filepath, times)
    return filepath
Update the modify (modify) and change (ctime) timestamps of a file, create if necessary

    >>> from pugnlp.constants import DATA_PATH
    >>> filepath = os.path.join(DATA_PATH, 'tmpfilefortouch.txt')
    >>> touch(filepath).endswith('tmpfilefortouch.txt')
    True
    >>> os.path.isfile(filepath)
    True
    >>> os.remove(filepath)