[root@S1011:/test]# ls -ll|grep dirtest1 --查看目录创建时间
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Jul 15 22:30 dirtest1
[root@S1011:/test]# touch -t 200711011200.00 dirtest1--修改目录的创建时间为：2007年11月1日12:00
[root@S1011:/test]# ls -ll|grep dirtest1 --查看目录修改后的创建时间，由于创建时间超过半年，只显示年份
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Nov 1 2007 dirtest1
[root@S1011:/test]# ls -atl test1 --查看文件创建时间
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 15 22:30 test1
[root@S1011:/]# touch -t 201406121200.00 test1--修改文件的创建时间为：2014年6月12日12:00
[root@S1011:/]# ls -alt test1--查看文件修改后的时间为，6月12日12:00，可以表明之前修改的文件创建时间生效了
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 12 12:00 test1
原文：https://blog.csdn.net/huangyanlong/article/details/37833539
touch
, settime
- change file access and modification times
Synopsis
touch [-acm] [-r ref_file | -t time | -d date_time] file...
touch [-acm] [time_spec] file...
settime [-f ref_file] [time_spec] file...
Description
The touch utility sets the access and modification times of each file. The file operand is created if it does not already exist.
The time used can be specified by -t time, by -d date_time, by the corresponding time fields of the file referenced by -r ref_file, or by the time_spec operand. If none of these are specified, touch uses the current time.
If neither the -a nor -m options are specified, touch updates both the modification and access times.
A user with write access to a file, but who is not the owner of the file or a super-user, can change the modification and access times of that file only to the current time. Attempts to set a specific time with touch results in an error.
The settime utility is equivalent to touch -c [time_spec] file.
Options
The following options are supported in the touch and settime utilities:
touch
The following options are supported for the touch utility:
-a
Changes the access time of file. Does not change the modification time unless -m is also specified.
-c
Does not create a specified file if it does not exist. Does not write any diagnostic messages concerning this condition.
-d date_time
Uses the specified date_time instead of the current time. The option-argument must be a string of the form:
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[.frac][tz]
or
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[,frac][tz]
where
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YYYY is at least four decimal digits giving the year
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MM, DD, hh, mm, and SS are as with -t time
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T is either the letter T or a single SPACE character
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[.frac] and [,frac] are either empty, or a period (.) or a comma (,) respectively, followed by one or more decimal digits, specifying a fractional second
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[tz] is either empty, signifying local time, or the letter Z, signifying UTC. If [tz] is empty, the resulting time is affected by the value of the TZ environment variable
-m
Changes the modification time of file. Does not change the access time unless -a is also specified.
-r ref_file
Uses the corresponding times of the file named by ref_file instead of the current time.
-t time
Uses the specified time instead of the current time. time is a decimal number of the form:
[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]
where each two digits represent the following:
MM
The month of the year [01-12].
DD
The day of the month [01-31].
hh
The hour of the day [00-23].
mm
The minute of the hour [00-59].
CC
The first two digits of the year.
YY
The second two digits of the year.
SS
The second of the minute [00-61].
Both CC and YY are optional. If neither is given, the current year is assumed. If YY is specified, but CC is not, CC is derived as follows:
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The resulting time is affected by the value of the TZ environment variable. The range of valid times is the Epoch to January 18, 2038.
The range for SS is [00-61] rather than [00-59] because of leap seconds. If SS is 60 or 61, and the resulting time, as affected by the TZ environment variable, does not refer to a leap second, the resulting time is one or two seconds after a time where SS is 59. If SS is not given, it is assumed to be 0.
settime
The following option is supported for the settime utility:
-f ref_file
Uses the corresponding times of the file named by ref_file instead of the current time.
Operands
The following operands are supported for the touch and settime utilities:
file
A path name of a file whose times are to be modified.
time_spec
Uses the specified time_spec instead of the current time. This operand is a decimal number of the form:
MMDDhhmm[YY]
where each two digits represent the following:
MM
The month of the year [01-12].
DD
The day of the month [01-31].
hh
The hour of the day [00-23].
mm
The minute of the hour [00-59].
YY
The second two digits of the year.
YY is optional. If it is omitted, the current year is assumed. If YY is specified, the year is derived as follows:
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If no -d, -r, or -toption is specified, at least two operands are specified, and the first operand is an eight- or ten-digit decimal integer, the first operand is assumed to be a time_spec operand. Otherwise, the first operand is assumed to be a file operand.
Usage
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of touch when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 231 bytes).
Environment Variables
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of touch: LANG, LC_ALL, LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
TZ
Determine the timezone to be used for interpreting the time or date_time option-argument or the time_spec operand.
Exit Status
The following exit values are returned:
0
The touch utility executed successfully and all requested changes were made.
>0
An error occurred. The touch utility returned the number of files for which the times could not be successfully modified.
Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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See Also
futimens(2), stat(2), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5), standards(5)
Notes
Users familiar with the BSD environment find that for the touch utility, the -f option is accepted but ignored. The -f option is unnecessary because touch succeeds for all files owned by the user regardless of the permissions on the files.
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