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update access and modification times by reading and writing the file. chmod(2) in rw() doesn't help because utimes(2) allow owner and the super-user to change times. Using just utimes(2) should be sufficient. The -f option becomes no-op. Reviewed by: jilles
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215 lines
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.\" @(#)touch.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 4, 2012
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.Dt TOUCH 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm touch
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.Nd change file access and modification times
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl A Ar [-][[hh]mm]SS
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.Op Fl achm
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.Op Fl r Ar file
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.Op Fl t Ar [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
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.Ar
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility sets the modification and access times of files.
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If any file does not exist, it is created with default permissions.
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.Pp
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By default,
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.Nm
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changes both modification and access times. The
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.Fl a
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and
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.Fl m
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flags may be used to select the access time or the modification time
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individually.
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Selecting both is equivalent to the default.
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By default, the timestamps are set to the current time.
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The
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.Fl t
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flag explicitly specifies a different time, and the
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.Fl r
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flag specifies to set the times those of the specified file.
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The
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.Fl A
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flag adjusts the values by a specified amount.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl A
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Adjust the access and modification time stamps for the file by the
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specified value.
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This flag is intended for use in modifying files with incorrectly set
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time stamps.
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.Pp
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The argument is of the form
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.Dq [-][[hh]mm]SS
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where each pair of letters represents the following:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
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.It Ar -
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Make the adjustment negative: the new time stamp is set to be before
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the old one.
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.It Ar hh
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The number of hours, from 00 to 99.
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.It Ar mm
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The number of minutes, from 00 to 59.
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.It Ar SS
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The number of seconds, from 00 to 59.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl A
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flag implies the
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.Fl c
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flag: if any file specified does not exist, it will be silently ignored.
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.It Fl a
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Change the access time of the file.
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The modification time of the file is not changed unless the
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.Fl m
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flag is also specified.
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.It Fl c
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Do not create the file if it does not exist.
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The
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.Nm
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utility does not treat this as an error.
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No error messages are displayed and the exit value is not affected.
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.It Fl h
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If the file is a symbolic link, change the times of the link
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itself rather than the file that the link points to.
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Note that
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.Fl h
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implies
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.Fl c
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and thus will not create any new files.
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.It Fl m
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Change the modification time of the file.
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The access time of the file is not changed unless the
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.Fl a
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flag is also specified.
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.It Fl r
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Use the access and modifications times from the specified file
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instead of the current time of day.
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.It Fl t
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Change the access and modification times to the specified time instead
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of the current time of day.
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The argument is of the form
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.Dq [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
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where each pair of letters represents the following:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact -offset indent
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.It Ar CC
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The first two digits of the year (the century).
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.It Ar YY
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The second two digits of the year.
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If
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.Dq YY
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is specified, but
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.Dq CC
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is not, a value for
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.Dq YY
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between 69 and 99 results in a
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.Dq CC
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value of 19.
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Otherwise, a
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.Dq CC
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value of 20 is used.
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.It Ar MM
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The month of the year, from 01 to 12.
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.It Ar DD
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the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
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.It Ar hh
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The hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
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.It Ar mm
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The minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
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.It Ar SS
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The second of the minute, from 00 to 61.
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.El
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.Pp
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If the
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.Dq CC
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and
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.Dq YY
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letter pairs are not specified, the values default to the current
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year.
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If the
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.Dq SS
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letter pair is not specified, the value defaults to 0.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The obsolescent form of
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.Nm ,
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where a time format is specified as the first argument, is supported.
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When no
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.Fl r
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or
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.Fl t
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option is specified, there are at least two arguments, and the first
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argument is a string of digits either eight or ten characters in length,
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the first argument is interpreted as a time specification of the form
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.Dq MMDDhhmm[YY] .
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.Pp
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The
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.Dq MM ,
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.Dq DD ,
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.Dq hh
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and
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.Dq mm
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letter pairs are treated as their counterparts specified to the
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.Fl t
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option.
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If the
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.Dq YY
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letter pair is in the range 39 to 99, the year is set to 1939 to 1999,
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otherwise, the year is set in the 21st century.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr utimes 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility is expected to be a superset of the
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.St -p1003.2
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specification.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.At v7 .
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