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SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commandstouch(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(5) for the description of the behavior of touch when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 231 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.

ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWscpu

SEE ALSO

 

touch(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 26 Oct 1995

 
      
      
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