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[9]1.TH TOUCH 1
2.SH NAME
3touch \- change file access and modification times
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBtouch\fR [\fB\-c\fR] [\fB\-a\fR] [\fB\-m\fR] [\fB\-r\fR file] [\fB\-t\fR [CC[YY]]MMDDhhmm[.ss]] [MMDDhhmm[YY]] \fIfile\fR ...\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH OPTIONS
18.FL "\-c" "Do not create the file if it doesn't already exist"
19.FL "\-a" "Change access time"
20.FL "\-m" "Change modification time"
21.FL "\-r file" "Apply time of specified file"
22.FL "\-t [CC[YY]]MMDDhhmm[.ss]]" "Apply time specified"
23.FL "\-t [MMDDhhmm[YY]]" "Apply time specified (alternate form)"
24.SH EXAMPLES
25.EX "touch *.h" "Make the \fI.h\fP files look recent"
26.EX "touch -t 199610010000 *" "Change date and time of all files in current directory to midnight Oct 1, 1996"
27.SH DESCRIPTION
28.PP
29With no options specified, the times of last modification and last access
30are set to the current time.
31This command is mostly used to trick
32.I make
33into thinking that a file is more recent than it really is.
34If the file being touched does not exist, it is created, unless the \fB\-c\fR
35flag is present.
36.PP
37The \fB\-a\fR or \fB\-m\fR flag may be used to change only the access or
38modification time. The \fB\-r\fR or \fB\-t\fR flag may be used to change
39the times to match the times of another file or to a specified time.
40.SH "SEE ALSO"
41.BR utime (2).
42.SH "AUTHOR"
43.PP
44Original author unknown. Rewritten for POSIX by Peter Holzer
45(hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at).
46.\" man page updated by A. S. Woodhull 2005-01-15
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