TOUCH(1) Minix Programmer's Manual TOUCH(1) NAME touch - update a file's time of last modification SYNOPSIS touch [-c] file ... OPTIONS -c Do not create the file EXAMPLES touch *.h # Make the .h files look recent DESCRIPTION ############ NEXT ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED ############# 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. SEE ALSO utime(2). 1