TOUCH(1B) BSD Compatibility Package Commands TOUCH(1B)
NAME
touch - change file access and modification times
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/touch [
-acfm]
file...
DESCRIPTION
touch sets the access and modification times of each file to the
current time.
file is created if it does not already exist.
OPTIONS
-a Change the access time of
file. Do not change the modification
time unless
-m is also specified.
-c Do not create
file if it does not exist.
-f Attempt to force the touch in spite of read and write
permissions on
file.
-m Change the modification time of
file. Do not change the access
time unless
-a is also specified.
USAGE
See
largefile(7) for the description of the behavior of
touch when
encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 touch executed successfully and all requested changes were
made.
>0 An error occurred.
touch returns the number of files for which
the times could not be successfully modified.
SEE ALSO
touch(1),
attributes(7),
largefile(7) October 26, 1995 TOUCH(1B)
