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1.1       root        1: .TH CHDATE 1
                      2: .CT 1 files dirs
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: touch, chdate \- set modification or access date of a file
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B touch
                      7: [
                      8: .B -c
                      9: ]
                     10: .I file ...
                     11: .PP
                     12: .B chdate
                     13: [
                     14: .B -am
                     15: ]
                     16: .I date file ...
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: .I Touch
                     19: attempts to set the modification time of the
                     20: .I files
                     21: to the current time.
                     22: If a
                     23: .I file
                     24: does not exist,
                     25: it will be created unless option
                     26: .B -c
                     27: is present.
                     28: .PP
                     29: .I Chdate
                     30: sets the access and modification times of
                     31: .I files.
                     32: The 
                     33: .I date
                     34: comprises two or more arguments: a month (3 letters or more),
                     35: a day number, an optional time in hour:min[:sec] form, and an
                     36: optional year.
                     37: A missing year means a time in the last 12 months.
                     38: The options are
                     39: .TP
                     40: .B -a
                     41: Change the access time only.
                     42: .TP
                     43: .B -m
                     44: Change the modification time only.
                     45: .PP
                     46: .I Chdate
                     47: knows how to carry between fields of a date.
                     48: Only a file's owner or the super-user can change its date.
                     49: .SH EXAMPLES
                     50: .EX
                     51: .ta \w'chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence 'u
                     52: chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence
                     53: chdate jul -3 1976 independence        # backdate one week
                     54: .EE
                     55: .SH SEE ALSO
                     56: .IR ls (1),
                     57: .IR utime
                     58: in
                     59: .IR chmod (2),
                     60: .IR stat (2),
                     61: .IR timec (3),
                     62: .IR chmod (1),
                     63: .IR chown (8)
                     64: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     65: .I Chdate
                     66: returns the number of files on which the date
                     67: could not be changed.
                     68: .SH BUGS
                     69: .I Touch
                     70: will not touch directories.
                     71: .PP
                     72: The first
                     73: .I file
                     74: name for 
                     75: .I chdate
                     76: cannot begin with a digit.

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