TOUCH (1)

SYNOPSIS

touch [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

or : ../src/touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... (obsolescent)

Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

-a

change only the access time

-c, --no-create

do not create any files

-d, --date=STRING

parse STRING and use it instead of current time

-f

(ignored)

-m

change only the modification time

-r, --reference=FILE

use this file's times instead of current time

-t STAMP

use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time

--time=WORD

set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as -a) modify mtime (same as -m)

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the -d and -t options and for the obsolescent argument are all different.

AUTHOR

Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual If the info and touch programs are properly installed at your site the command
info touch

should give you access to the complete manual