touch Sets access and modification time of file &reftitle.description; booltouch stringfilename inttime intatime Attempts to set the access and modification times of the file named in the filename parameter to the value given in time. Note that the access time is always modified, regardless of the number of parameters. If the file does not exist, it will be created. &reftitle.parameters; filename The name of the file being touched. time The touch time. If time is not supplied, the current system time is used. atime If present, the access time of the given filename is set to the value of atime &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.notes; It is not currently possible to change the modification time of a directory with this function under Windows.