NAME

touch − update the modification time of one or more files

SYNOPSIS

­touch [-c] ­files

DESCRIPTION

­Touch attempts to set the modification time of the specified files to the current system time.  If a file does not exist, ­touch will attempt to create it, unless the ­-c option is given. 

SOURCE

­/appl/cmd/touch.b

SEE ALSO

ls(1), chmod(1), sys-stat(2), stat(5)

Plan 9  —  June 29, 2000