&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Touch-example.png){kind=small} Example of touch usage | |
| Original author(s) | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, Randy Smith, TSC, Microware, Apple, Digital Research, Novell, Kris Heidenstrom |
| Initial release | January 1979 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, FLEX, OS-9, Classic Mac OS, Windows, DR DOS, AROS, FreeDOS, ReactOS, KolibriOS, IBM i |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | coreutils: GPLv3+ FreeDOS: GPLv2 ReactOS: BSD-4-Clause BusyBox: GPL-2.0-only Toybox: 0BSD Plan 9: MIT License |
In computing, touch is a command used to update the access date and/or modification date of a computer file or directory. It is included in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, TSC's FLEX,[1] Digital Research/Novell DR DOS, the AROS shell,[2] the Microware OS-9 shell,[3] and ReactOS.[4]
The command is also available for FreeDOS[5] and Microsoft Windows.[6]
- ^ "FLEX 9.0 User's Manual" (PDF).
- ^ "AROS Research Operating System". aros.sourceforge.io.
- ^ Paul S. Dayan (1992). The OS-9 Guru - 1 : The Facts. Galactic Industrial Limited. ISBN 0-9519228-0-7.
- ^ "reactos/reactos". GitHub.
- ^ "ibiblio.org FreeDOS Group -- Utilities". www.ibiblio.org.
- ^ "touch for Windows".