TOUCH(1)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             TOUCH(1)



          NAME
               touch - update access and modification times of a file

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

          DESCRIPTION
               The touch command 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, respec-
               tively (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 INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and Programmer's
               Reference Manual.
































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