TOUCH(1)                                                 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.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3






























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