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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/chdate.1 b/static/v10/man1/chdate.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6e471a8e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/chdate.1 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.TH CHDATE 1 +.CT 1 files dirs +.SH NAME +touch, chdate \- set modification or access date of a file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B touch +[ +.B -c +] +.I file ... +.PP +.B chdate +[ +.B -am +] +.I date file ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Touch +attempts to set the modification time of the +.I files +to the current time. +If a +.I file +does not exist, +it will be created unless option +.B -c +is present. +.PP +.I Chdate +sets the access and modification times of +.I files. +The +.I date +comprises two or more arguments: a month (3 letters or more), +a day number, an optional time in hour:min[:sec] form, and an +optional year. +A missing year means a time in the last 12 months. +The options are +.TP +.B -a +Change the access time only. +.TP +.B -m +Change the modification time only. +.PP +.I Chdate +knows how to carry between fields of a date. +Only a file's owner or the super-user can change its date. +.SH EXAMPLES +.EX +.ta \w'chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence 'u +chdate jul 4 12:00 1976 independence +chdate jul -3 1976 independence # backdate one week +.EE +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR ls (1), +.IR utime +in +.IR chmod (2), +.IR stat (2), +.IR timec (3), +.IR chmod (1), +.IR chown (8) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.I Chdate +returns the number of files on which the date +could not be changed. +.SH BUGS +.I Touch +will not touch directories. +.PP +The first +.I file +name for +.I chdate +cannot begin with a digit. |
