1 .TH TOUCH 1
2 .SH NAME
3 touch \- set modification date of a file
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B touch
6 [
7 .B -c
8 ]
9 [
10 .B -t
11 .I time
12 ]
13 .I file ...
14 .SH DESCRIPTION
15 .I Touch
16 attempts to set the modification time of the
17 .I files
18 to 
19 .I time
20 (by default, the current time).
21 If a
22 .I file
23 does not exist,
24 it will be created unless option
25 .B -c
26 is present.
27 .SH SOURCE
28 .B \*9/src/cmd/touch.c
29 .SH SEE ALSO
30 .MR ls (1) ,
31 .MR stat (3) ,
32 .MR chmod (1)
33 .SH BUGS
34 .I Touch
35 will not touch directories.