Why "touch" ??

[MC]

Yes, "touch" the command of UNIX.

I was reading some commands of Linux. And i was wondering when do you need to execute this command? I meant is this command neccessary at all?

 

[Czar]

Its for a program called cybersex that some unix freaks use

 

[Linflas]

As I understood things it was to modify the time/date stamp on files.

Edit: Link to touch man page here.

 

[rc5]

Yeah, you may want to take a close look of other unix commands like:

strip finger mount umount jobs ?? , etc

 

[MC]

LoL...i know what touch does.

But do you really need to use it at all?


Have you use that command before?? (except in CyberSex )

 

[Linflas]

In the very dim recesses I do recall having to use this command as part of doing administrative tasks but cannot for the life of me recall now what it was exactly.