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@@ -59197,6 +59197,37 @@ and allowing the caller to retry individual failed operations or skip the objects on which operations have failed. +.coNP Function @ touch +.synb +.mets (touch < path <> [ ref-path ]) +.syne +.desc +The +.code touch +function updates the modification timestamp of the filesystem object +named by +.metn path . +If the object doesn't exist, it is created as a regular file. + +If +.meta ref-path +is specified, then the modification timestamp of the object denoted by +.meta path +is updated to be equivalent to the modification timestamp of +the object denoted by +.metn ref-path . +Otherwise +.meta ref-path +being absent, the modification timestamp of +.meta path +is set to the current time. + +If +.meta path +is a symbolic link, it is dereferenced; +.code touch +operates on the target of the link. + .SS* Unix Filesystem Object Existence, Type and Access Tests Functions in this category perform various tests on the attributes of |