TOUCH(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		      TOUCH(1)

     NAME
	  touch - update access, modification, and/or change times  of
	  file

     SYNOPSIS
	  touch [ -amc ] [ mmddhhmm[yy] ] files

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System V

     DESCRIPTION
	  Touch causes the access, modification, and last change times
	  of each argument to be updated.  The file name is created if
	  it does not exist.  If no time is  specified	(see  date(1))
	  the current time is used.  The -a and -m options cause touch
	  to update only the access or modification times respectively
	  (default  is	-am).	The  -c option silently prevents touch
	  from creating the file if it did not previously exist.

	  The return code from touch is the number of files for	 which
	  the  times  could  not  be  successfully modified (including
	  files that did not exist and were not created).

     SEE ALSO
	  date(1), utime(2).