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35.\"     @(#)touch.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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38.Dd April 28, 1995
39.Dt TOUCH 1
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm touch
43.Nd change file access and modification times
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl acfhm
47.Op Fl r Ar file
48.Op Fl t Ar [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
49.Ar
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53utility sets the modification and access times of files to the
54current time of day.
55If the file doesn't exist, it is created with default permissions.
56.Pp
57The following options are available:
58.Bl -tag -width Ds
59.It Fl a
60Change the access time of the file.
61The modification time of the file is not changed unless the
62.Fl m
63flag is also specified.
64.It Fl c
65Do not create the file if it does not exist.
66The
67.Nm
68utility does not treat this as an error.
69No error messages are displayed and the exit value is not affected.
70.It Fl f
71Attempt to force the update, even if the file permissions do not
72currently permit it.
73.It Fl h
74If the file is a symbolic link, change the times of the link
75itself rather than the file that the link points to.
76Note that
77.Fl h
78implies
79.Fl c
80and thus will not create any new files.
81.It Fl m
82Change the modification time of the file.
83The access time of the file is not changed unless the
84.Fl a
85flag is also specified.
86.It Fl r
87Use the access and modifications times from the specified file
88instead of the current time of day.
89.It Fl t
90Change the access and modification times to the specified time.
91The argument should be in the form
92.Dq [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
93where each pair of letters represents the following:
94.Pp
95.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
96.It Ar CC
97The first two digits of the year (the century).
98.It Ar YY
99The second two digits of the year.
100If
101.Dq YY
102is specified, but
103.Dq CC
104is not, a value for
105.Dq YY
106between 69 and 99 results in a
107.Dq CC
108value of 19.
109Otherwise, a
110.Dq CC
111value of 20 is used.
112.It Ar MM
113The month of the year, from 1 to 12.
114.It Ar DD
115the day of the month, from 1 to 31.
116.It Ar hh
117The hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
118.It Ar mm
119The minute of the hour, from 0 to 59.
120.It Ar SS
121The second of the minute, from 0 to 61.
122.El
123.Pp
124If the
125.Dq CC
126and
127.Dq YY
128letter pairs are not specified, the values default to the current
129year.
130If the
131.Dq SS
132letter pair is not specified, the value defaults to 0.
133.El
134.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
135.Ex -std
136.Sh SEE ALSO
137.Xr utimes 2
138.Sh COMPATIBILITY
139The obsolescent form of
140.Nm ,
141where a time format is specified as the first argument, is supported.
142When no
143.Fl r
144or
145.Fl t
146option is specified, there are at least two arguments, and the first
147argument is a string of digits either eight or ten characters in length,
148the first argument is interpreted as a time specification of the form
149.Dq MMDDhhmm[YY] .
150.Pp
151The
152.Dq MM ,
153.Dq DD ,
154.Dq hh
155and
156.Dq mm
157letter pairs are treated as their counterparts specified to the
158.Fl t
159option.
160If the
161.Dq YY
162letter pair is in the range 39 to 99, the year is set to 1939 to 1999,
163otherwise, the year is set in the 21st century.
164.Sh HISTORY
165A
166.Nm
167utility appeared in
168.At v7 .
169.Sh STANDARDS
170The
171.Nm
172utility is expected to be a superset of the
173.St -p1003.2
174specification.
175