TOUCH(1)            RISC/os Reference Manual             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 argu-
     ment 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 unneces-
     sary since touch will succeed for all files owned by the
     user regardless of the permissions on the files.



























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