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1 perry 1 TOUCH
2 !!!TOUCH
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 touch - change file timestamps
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __touch__ [[''OPTION'']... ''FILE''...__
19 touch__ [[''-acm''] ''MMDDhhmm''[[''YY'']
20 ''FILE''... ''(obsolescent)''
21 !!DESCRIPTION
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24 Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the
25 current time.
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28 __-a__
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31 change only the access time
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34 __-c__, __--no-create__
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37 do not create any files
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40 __-d__, __--date__=''STRING''
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43 parse STRING and use it instead of current time
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46 __-f__
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49 (ignored)
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52 __-m__
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55 change only the modification time
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58 __-r__, __--reference__=''FILE''
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61 use this file's times instead of current time
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64 __-t__ STAMP
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67 use [[[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[[.ss] instead of current
68 time
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71 __--time__=''WORD''
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74 set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as __-a__)
75 modify mtime (same as __-m__)
76
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78 __--help__
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81 display this help and exit
82
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84 __--version__
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87 output version information and exit
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90 Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the
91 __-d__ and __-t__ options and for the obsolescent
92 argument are all different.
93 !!AUTHOR
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96 Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David
97 !MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
98 !!REPORTING BUGS
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101 Report bugs to
102 !!COPYRIGHT
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105 Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
106 This is free software; see the source for copying
107 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
108 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
109 PURPOSE.
110 !!SEE ALSO
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113 The full documentation for __touch__ is maintained as a
114 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __touch__ programs
115 are properly installed at your site, the
116 command
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119 __info touch__
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122 should give you access to the complete manual.
123 ----
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