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TOUCH(1)		    General Commands Manual		      TOUCH(1)

NAME
       touch - set modification	date of	a file

SYNOPSIS
       touch [ -c ] [ -t time ]	file ...

DESCRIPTION
       Touch  attempts	to  set	the modification time of the files to time (by
       default,	the current time).  If a file does not exist, it will be  cre-
       ated unless option -c is	present.

SOURCE
       /src/cmd/touch.c

SEE ALSO
       ls((1)),	stat((3)), chmod((1))

BUGS
       Touch will not touch directories.

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