MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

touch(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities touch(1)
touch -r oldfile newfile
sets the modification time of newfile to that of oldfile.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
TZ contains the time zone that touch is to use when interpreting times.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible exit status values are:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error occurred.
Messages
Message: Bad date conversion
Cause: You specified an invalid date string on the command line.
Action: Specify a valid date string.
Message: file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Missing age file argument
Cause: You specified the –r or –f option without an argument giving the name of an
age file.
Action: Provide the missing age file argument.
Message: Missing date/time argument
Cause: You specified the –t option without a date/time argument.
Action: Provide the missing date/time argument.
Message: Only one -r (-f) or -t flag allowed
Cause: You specified a –f, –r,or–t option on the same command line with one or
more other –f, –r,or–t options.
Action: Remove the excess options, leaving only one –f, –r,or–t option.
Message: Option –option argument missing
Cause: You did not provide an argument for –option.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
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