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Name

touch - change file access and modification times

Synopsis

/usr/ucb/touch [-acfm] file...

Availability

SUNWscpu

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.

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:
  1. 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.

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