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47 .TH TOUCH 1 "Sep 9, 2009"
48 .SH NAME
49 touch, settime \- change file access and modification times
50 .SH SYNOPSIS
51 .LP
52 .nf
53 \fBtouch\fR [\fB-acm\fR] [\fB-r\fR \fIref_file\fR | \fB-t\fR \fItime\fR | \fB-d\fR \fIdate_time\fR] \fIfile\fR...
54 .fi
56 .LP
57 .nf
58 \fBtouch\fR [\fB-acm\fR] [\fItime_spec\fR] \fIfile\fR...
59 .fi
61 .LP
62 .nf
63 \fBsettime\fR [\fB-f\fR \fIref_file\fR] [\fItime_spec\fR] \fIfile\fR...
64 .fi
66 .SH DESCRIPTION
67 .sp
68 .LP
69 The \fBtouch\fR utility sets the access and modification times of each file.
70 The \fIfile\fR operand is created if it does not already exist.
71 .sp
72 .LP
73 The time used can be specified by \fB-t\fR \fItime\fR, by \fB-d\fR
74 \fIdate_time\fR, by the corresponding time fields of the file referenced by
75 \fB-r\fR \fIref_file\fR, or by the \fItime_spec\fR operand. If none of these
76 are specified, \fBtouch\fR uses the current time.
77 .sp
78 .LP
79 If neither the \fB-a\fR nor \fB-m\fR options are specified, \fBtouch\fR updates
80 both the modification and access times.
81 .sp
82 .LP
83 A user with write access to a file, but who is not the owner of the file or a
84 super-user, can change the modification and access times of that file only to
85 the current time. Attempts to set a specific time with \fBtouch\fR results in
86 an error.
87 .sp
88 .LP
89 The \fBsettime\fR utility is equivalent to \fBtouch\fR \fB-c\fR
90 [\fItime_spec\fR] \fIfile\fR.
91 .SH OPTIONS
92 .sp
93 .LP
94 The following options are supported in the \fBtouch\fR and \fBsettime\fR
95 utilities:
96 .SS "touch"
97 .sp
98 .LP
99 The following options are supported for the \fBtouch\fR utility:
100 .sp
101 .ne 2
102 .na
103 \fB\fB-a\fR\fR
104 .ad
105 .sp .6
106 .RS 4n
107 Changes the access time of \fIfile\fR. Does not change the modification time
108 unless \fB-m\fR is also specified.
109 .RE
111 .sp
112 .ne 2
113 .na
114 \fB\fB-c\fR\fR
115 .ad
116 .sp .6
117 .RS 4n
118 Does not create a specified \fIfile\fR if it does not exist. Does not write any
119 diagnostic messages concerning this condition.
120 .RE
122 .sp
123 .ne 2
124 .na
125 \fB\fB-d\fR \fIdate_time\fR\fR
126 .ad
127 .sp .6
128 .RS 4n
129 Uses the specified date_time instead of the current time. The option-argument
130 must be a string of the form:
131 .sp
132 .in +2
133 .nf
134 \fIYYYY\fR-\fIMM\fR-\fIDDThh\fR:\fImm\fR:\fISS\fR[.\fIfrac\fR][\fItz\fR]
135 .fi
136 .in -2
137 .sp
139 or
140 .sp
141 .in +2
142 .nf
143 \fIYYYY\fR-\fIMM\fR-\fIDDThh\fR:\fImm\fR:\fISS\fR[,\fIfrac\fR][\fItz\fR]
144 .fi
145 .in -2
146 .sp
148 where
149 .RS +4
150 .TP
151 .ie t \(bu
152 .el o
153 \fIYYYY\fR is at least four decimal digits giving the year
154 .RE
155 .RS +4
156 .TP
157 .ie t \(bu
158 .el o
159 \fIMM\fR, \fIDD\fR, \fIhh\fR, \fImm\fR, and \fISS\fR are as with \fB-t\fR
160 \fItime\fR
161 .RE
162 .RS +4
163 .TP
164 .ie t \(bu
165 .el o
166 \fIT\fR is either the letter \fBT\fR or a single SPACE character
167 .RE
168 .RS +4
169 .TP
170 .ie t \(bu
171 .el o
172 [\fI\&.frac\fR] and [\fI,frac\fR] are either empty, or a period (\fB\&.\fR) or
173 a comma (\fB,\fR) respectively, followed by one or more decimal digits,
174 specifying a fractional second
175 .RE
176 .RS +4
177 .TP
178 .ie t \(bu
179 .el o
180 [\fItz\fR] is either empty, signifying local time, or the letter \fBZ\fR,
181 signifying UTC. If [\fItz\fR] is empty, the resulting time is affected by the
182 value of the \fBTZ\fR environment variable
183 .RE
184 .RE
186 .sp
187 .ne 2
188 .na
189 \fB\fB-m\fR\fR
190 .ad
191 .sp .6
192 .RS 4n
193 Changes the modification time of \fIfile\fR. Does not change the access time
194 unless \fB-a\fR is also specified.
195 .RE
197 .sp
198 .ne 2
199 .na
200 \fB\fB-r\fR \fIref_file\fR\fR
201 .ad
202 .sp .6
203 .RS 4n
204 Uses the corresponding times of the file named by \fIref_file\fR instead of the
205 current time.
206 .RE
208 .sp
209 .ne 2
210 .na
211 \fB\fB-t\fR \fItime\fR\fR
212 .ad
213 .sp .6
214 .RS 4n
215 Uses the specified \fItime\fR instead of the current time. \fItime\fR is a
216 decimal number of the form:
217 .sp
218 .in +2
219 .nf
220 [[\fICC\fR]\fIYY\fR]\fIMMDDhhmm\fR[\fI\&.SS\fR]
221 .fi
222 .in -2
223 .sp
225 where each two digits represent the following:
226 .sp
227 .ne 2
228 .na
229 \fB\fIMM\fR\fR
230 .ad
231 .sp .6
232 .RS 4n
233 The month of the year [01-12].
234 .RE
236 .sp
237 .ne 2
238 .na
239 \fB\fIDD\fR\fR
240 .ad
241 .sp .6
242 .RS 4n
243 The day of the month [01-31].
244 .RE
246 .sp
247 .ne 2
248 .na
249 \fB\fIhh\fR\fR
250 .ad
251 .sp .6
252 .RS 4n
253 The hour of the day [00-23].
254 .RE
256 .sp
257 .ne 2
258 .na
259 \fB\fImm\fR\fR
260 .ad
261 .sp .6
262 .RS 4n
263 The minute of the hour [00-59].
264 .RE
266 .sp
267 .ne 2
268 .na
269 \fB\fICC\fR\fR
270 .ad
271 .sp .6
272 .RS 4n
273 The first two digits of the year.
274 .RE
276 .sp
277 .ne 2
278 .na
279 \fB\fIYY\fR\fR
280 .ad
281 .sp .6
282 .RS 4n
283 The second two digits of the year.
284 .RE
286 .sp
287 .ne 2
288 .na
289 \fB\fISS\fR\fR
290 .ad
291 .sp .6
292 .RS 4n
293 The second of the minute [00-61].
294 .RE
296 Both \fICC\fR and \fIYY\fR are optional. If neither is given, the current year
297 is assumed. If \fIYY\fR is specified, but \fICC\fR is not, \fICC\fR is derived
298 as follows:
299 .sp
301 .sp
302 .TS
303 box;
304 c c
305 l l .
306 If YY is: CC becomes:
307 _
308 69-99 19
309 00-38 20
310 39-68 ERROR
311 .TE
313 The resulting time is affected by the value of the \fBTZ\fR environment
314 variable. If the resulting time value precedes the Epoch, \fBtouch\fR exits
315 immediately with an error status. The range of valid times is the Epoch to
316 January 18, 2038.
317 .sp
318 The range for \fISS\fR is [00-61] rather than [00-59] because of leap seconds.
319 If \fISS\fR is 60 or 61, and the resulting time, as affected by the \fBTZ\fR
320 environment variable, does not refer to a leap second, the resulting time is
321 one or two seconds after a time where \fISS\fR is 59. If \fISS\fR is not given,
322 it is assumed to be 0.
323 .RE
325 .SS "settime"
326 .sp
327 .LP
328 The following option is supported for the \fBsettime\fR utility:
329 .sp
330 .ne 2
331 .na
332 \fB\fB-f\fR \fIref_file\fR\fR
333 .ad
334 .sp .6
335 .RS 4n
336 Uses the corresponding times of the file named by \fIref_file\fR instead of the
337 current time.
338 .RE
340 .SH OPERANDS
341 .sp
342 .LP
343 The following operands are supported for the \fBtouch\fR and \fBsettime\fR
344 utilities:
345 .sp
346 .ne 2
347 .na
348 \fB\fIfile\fR\fR
349 .ad
350 .sp .6
351 .RS 4n
352 A path name of a file whose times are to be modified.
353 .RE
355 .sp
356 .ne 2
357 .na
358 \fB\fItime_spec\fR\fR
359 .ad
360 .sp .6
361 .RS 4n
362 Uses the specified \fItime_spec\fR instead of the current time. This operand is
363 a decimal number of the form:
364 .sp
365 .in +2
366 .nf
367 \fIMMDDhhmm\fR[\fIYY\fR]
368 .fi
369 .in -2
370 .sp
372 where each two digits represent the following:
373 .sp
374 .ne 2
375 .na
376 \fB\fIMM\fR\fR
377 .ad
378 .sp .6
379 .RS 4n
380 The month of the year [01-12].
381 .RE
383 .sp
384 .ne 2
385 .na
386 \fB\fIDD\fR\fR
387 .ad
388 .sp .6
389 .RS 4n
390 The day of the month [01-31].
391 .RE
393 .sp
394 .ne 2
395 .na
396 \fB\fIhh\fR\fR
397 .ad
398 .sp .6
399 .RS 4n
400 The hour of the day [00-23].
401 .RE
403 .sp
404 .ne 2
405 .na
406 \fB\fImm\fR\fR
407 .ad
408 .sp .6
409 .RS 4n
410 The minute of the hour [00-59].
411 .RE
413 .sp
414 .ne 2
415 .na
416 \fB\fIYY\fR\fR
417 .ad
418 .sp .6
419 .RS 4n
420 The second two digits of the year.
421 .sp
422 \fIYY\fR is optional. If it is omitted, the current year is assumed. If
423 \fIYY\fR is specified, the year is derived as follows:
424 .RE
426 .sp
428 .sp
429 .TS
430 box;
431 c c
432 l l .
433 YY Corresponding Year
434 69-99 1969-1999
435 00-38 2000-2038
436 39-68 ERROR
437 .TE
439 If no \fB-d\fR, \fB-r\fR, or \fB-t\fRoption is specified, at least two operands
440 are specified, and the first operand is an eight- or ten-digit decimal integer,
441 the first operand is assumed to be a \fItime_spec\fR operand. Otherwise, the
442 first operand is assumed to be a \fIfile\fR operand.
443 .RE
445 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
446 .sp
447 .LP
448 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
449 that affect the execution of \fBtouch\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR,
450 \fBLC_ALL\fR, \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
451 .sp
452 .ne 2
453 .na
454 \fB\fBTZ\fR\fR
455 .ad
456 .sp .6
457 .RS 4n
458 Determine the timezone to be used for interpreting the \fItime\fR or
459 \fIdate_time\fR option-argument or the \fItime_spec\fR operand.
460 .RE
462 .SH EXIT STATUS
463 .sp
464 .LP
465 The following exit values are returned:
466 .sp
467 .ne 2
468 .na
469 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
470 .ad
471 .sp .6
472 .RS 4n
473 The \fBtouch\fR utility executed successfully and all requested changes were
474 made.
475 .RE
477 .sp
478 .ne 2
479 .na
480 \fB\fB>0\fR\fR
481 .ad
482 .sp .6
483 .RS 4n
484 An error occurred. The \fBtouch\fR utility returned the number of files for
485 which the times could not be successfully modified.
486 .RE
488 .SH ATTRIBUTES
489 .sp
490 .LP
491 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
492 .sp
494 .sp
495 .TS
496 box;
497 c | c
498 l | l .
499 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
500 _
501 CSI Enabled
502 _
503 Interface Stability Committed
504 _
505 Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
506 .TE
508 .SH SEE ALSO
509 .sp
510 .LP
511 \fBfutimens\fR(2), \fBstat\fR(2), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5),
512 \fBstandards\fR(5)
513 .SH NOTES
514 .sp
515 .LP
516 Users familiar with the BSD environment find that for the \fBtouch\fR utility,
517 the \fB-f\fR option is accepted but ignored. The \fB-f\fR option is unnecessary
518 because \fBtouch\fR succeeds for all files owned by the user regardless of the
519 permissions on the files.