| .TH TOUCH 1 | |
| .SH NAME | |
| touch \- set modification date of a file | |
| .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| .B touch | |
| [ | |
| .B -c | |
| ] | |
| [ | |
| .B -t | |
| .I time | |
| ] | |
| .I file ... | |
| .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| .I Touch | |
| attempts to set the modification time of the | |
| .I files | |
| to | |
| .I time | |
| (by default, the current time). | |
| If a | |
| .I file | |
| does not exist, | |
| it will be created unless option | |
| .B -c | |
| is present. | |
| .SH SOURCE | |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/touch.c | |
| .SH SEE ALSO | |
| .IR ls (1), | |
| .IR stat (3), | |
| .IR chmod (1) | |
| .SH BUGS | |
| .I Touch | |
| will not touch directories. |