4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/touch.0

TOUCH(1)                                                              TOUCH(1)


NAME
       touch - update date last modified of a file

SYNOPSIS
       touch [ -c ] [ -f ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
       Touch  attempts  to  set  the  modified  date  of each file.  If a file
       exists, this is done by reading a character from the file  and  writing
       it  back.   If a file does not exist, an attempt will be made to create
       it unless the -c option is specified.  The -f option  will  attempt  to
       force the touch in spite of read and write permissions on a file.

SEE ALSO
       utimes(2)


7th Edition                     April 29, 1985                        TOUCH(1)