TOUCH(1)                                                 TOUCH(1)

     NAME
          touch - set modification date of a file

     SYNOPSIS
          touch [ -c ] file ...

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

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/cmd/touch.c

     SEE ALSO
          ls(1), stat(2), chmod(1)

     BUGS
          Touch will not touch directories.

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