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.\"	@(#)touch.1	6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
.\"
.TH TOUCH 1 "April 29, 1985"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
touch \- update date last modified of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B touch
[
.B \-c
]
[
.B \-f
]
file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Touch
attempts to set the modified date of each
.IR file .
If a
.I file
exists,
this is done by reading a character from the file
and writing it back.
If a
.I file
does not exist,
an attempt will be made to create it unless the
.B \-c
option is specified.
The
.B \-f
option will attempt to force the touch
in spite of read and write permissions on a
.IR file .
.SH SEE\ ALSO
utimes(2)
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95f51977	1	.\" @(#)touch.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
acdf2213	2	.\"
95f51977	3	.TH TOUCH 1 "April 29, 1985"
acdf2213 KM	4	.AT 3
	5	.SH NAME
	6	touch \- update date last modified of a file
	7	.SH SYNOPSIS
	8	.B touch
	9	[
	10	.B \-c
	11	]
03150bb8 KM	12	[
	13	.B \-f
	14	]
acdf2213 KM	15	file ...
	16	.SH DESCRIPTION
	17	.I Touch
	18	attempts to set the modified date of each
03150bb8 KM	19	.IR file .
	20	If a
	21	.I file
	22	exists,
	23	this is done by reading a character from the file
acdf2213	24	and writing it back.
acdf2213 KM	25	If a
	26	.I file
	27	does not exist,
	28	an attempt will be made to create it unless the
	29	.B \-c
	30	option is specified.
03150bb8 KM	31	The
	32	.B \-f
	33	option will attempt to force the touch
	34	in spite of read and write permissions on a
	35	.IR file .
acdf2213	36	.SH SEE\ ALSO
03150bb8	37	utimes(2)