############ NEXT ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED ############# Command: touch - update a file's time of last modification Syntax: touch [-c] file ... Flags: -c Do not create the file Example: touch *.h # Make the .h files look recent The time of last modification is set to the current time. This command is mostly used to trick make into thinking that a file is more recent than it really is. If the file being touched does not exist, it is created, unless the -c flag is present.