touch(1)         (Directory and File Management Utilities)         touch(1)


   NAME
         touch - update access and modification times of a file

   SYNOPSIS
         touch [ -amc ] [ mmddhhmm[yy] ] files

   DESCRIPTION
         touch causes the access and modification times of each argument to be
         updated.  The file name is created if it does not exist.  If no time
         is specified [see date(1)] the current time is used.  The -a and -m
         options cause touch to update only the access or modification times
         respectively (default is -am).  The -c option silently prevents touch
         from creating the file if it did not previously exist.

         The return code from touch is the number of files for which the times
         could not be successfully modified (including files that did not
         exist and were not created).

   SEE ALSO
         date(1).
         utime(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

   NOTES
         Users familiar with the BSD environment will find that the -f option
         is accepted, but ignored.  The -f option is unnecessary since touch
         will succeed for all files owned by the user regardless of the
         permissions on the files.


























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