rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_touch.md

---
date: 2018-09-01T12:54:54+01:00
title: "rclone touch"
slug: rclone_touch
url: /commands/rclone_touch/
---
## rclone touch

Create new file or change file modification time.

### Synopsis

Create new file or change file modification time.

```
rclone touch remote:path [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help               help for touch
  -C, --no-create          Do not create the file if it does not exist.
  -t, --timestamp string   Change the modification times to the specified time instead of the current time of day. The argument is of the form 'YYMMDD' (ex. 17.10.30) or 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS' (ex. 2006-01-02T15:04:05)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --acd-auth-url string                      Auth server URL.
      --acd-client-id string                     Amazon Application Client ID.
      --acd-client-secret string                 Amazon Application Client Secret.
      --acd-templink-threshold SizeSuffix        Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
      --acd-token-url string                     Token server url.
      --acd-upload-wait-per-gb Duration          Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
      --alias-remote string                      Remote or path to alias.
      --ask-password                             Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
      --auto-confirm                             If enabled, do not request console confirmation.
      --azureblob-access-tier string             Access tier of blob, supports hot, cool and archive tiers.
      --azureblob-account string                 Storage Account Name (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
      --azureblob-chunk-size SizeSuffix          Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 4M)
      --azureblob-endpoint string                Endpoint for the service
      --azureblob-key string                     Storage Account Key (leave blank to use connection string or SAS URL)
      --azureblob-sas-url string                 SAS URL for container level access only
      --azureblob-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix       Cutoff for switching to chunked upload. (default 256M)
      --b2-account string                        Account ID or Application Key ID
      --b2-chunk-size SizeSuffix                 Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
      --b2-endpoint string                       Endpoint for the service.
      --b2-hard-delete                           Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files.
      --b2-key string                            Application Key
      --b2-test-mode string                      A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header for debugging.
      --b2-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix              Cutoff for switching to chunked upload. (default 190.735M)
      --b2-versions                              Include old versions in directory listings.
      --backup-dir string                        Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
      --bind string                              Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name.
      --box-client-id string                     Box App Client Id.
      --box-client-secret string                 Box App Client Secret
      --box-commit-retries int                   Max number of times to try committing a multipart file. (default 100)
      --box-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix             Cutoff for switching to multipart upload. (default 50M)
      --buffer-size int                          In memory buffer size when reading files for each --transfer. (default 16M)
      --bwlimit BwTimetable                      Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
      --cache-chunk-clean-interval Duration      Interval at which chunk cleanup runs (default 1m0s)
      --cache-chunk-no-memory                    Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming
      --cache-chunk-path string                  Directory to cache chunk files (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
      --cache-chunk-size SizeSuffix              The size of a chunk. Lower value good for slow connections but can affect seamless reading. (default 5M)
      --cache-chunk-total-size SizeSuffix        The maximum size of stored chunks. When the storage grows beyond this size, the oldest chunks will be deleted. (default 10G)
      --cache-db-path string                     Directory to cache DB (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
      --cache-db-purge                           Purge the cache DB before
      --cache-db-wait-time Duration              How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s)
      --cache-dir string                         Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone")
      --cache-info-age Duration                  How much time should object info (file size, file hashes etc) be stored in cache. (default 6h0m0s)
      --cache-plex-password string               The password of the Plex user
      --cache-plex-url string                    The URL of the Plex server
      --cache-plex-username string               The username of the Plex user
      --cache-read-retries int                   How many times to retry a read from a cache storage (default 10)
      --cache-remote string                      Remote to cache.
      --cache-rps int                            Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS. -1 disables the rate limiter (default -1)
      --cache-tmp-upload-path string             Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded to the cloud storage
      --cache-tmp-wait-time Duration             How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default 15s)
      --cache-workers int                        How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks (default 4)
      --cache-writes                             Will cache file data on writes through the FS
      --checkers int                             Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
  -c, --checksum                                 Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size
      --config string                            Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
      --contimeout duration                      Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
  -L, --copy-links                               Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
      --cpuprofile string                        Write cpu profile to file
      --crypt-directory-name-encryption          Option to either encrypt directory names or leave them intact. (default true)
      --crypt-filename-encryption string         How to encrypt the filenames. (default "standard")
      --crypt-password string                    Password or pass phrase for encryption.
      --crypt-password2 string                   Password or pass phrase for salt. Optional but recommended.
      --crypt-remote string                      Remote to encrypt/decrypt.
      --crypt-show-mapping                       For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
      --delete-after                             When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering (default)
      --delete-before                            When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering
      --delete-during                            When synchronizing, delete files during transfer
      --delete-excluded                          Delete files on dest excluded from sync
      --disable string                           Disable a comma separated list of features.  Use help to see a list.
      --drive-acknowledge-abuse                  Set to allow files which return cannotDownloadAbusiveFile to be downloaded.
      --drive-alternate-export                   Use alternate export URLs for google documents export.
      --drive-auth-owner-only                    Only consider files owned by the authenticated user.
      --drive-chunk-size SizeSuffix              Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
      --drive-client-id string                   Google Application Client Id
      --drive-client-secret string               Google Application Client Secret
      --drive-formats string                     Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
      --drive-impersonate string                 Impersonate this user when using a service account.
      --drive-keep-revision-forever              Keep new head revision forever.
      --drive-list-chunk int                     Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
      --drive-root-folder-id string              ID of the root folder
      --drive-scope string                       Scope that rclone should use when requesting access from drive.
      --drive-service-account-file string        Service Account Credentials JSON file path
      --drive-shared-with-me                     Only show files that are shared with me
      --drive-skip-gdocs                         Skip google documents in all listings.
      --drive-trashed-only                       Only show files that are in the trash
      --drive-upload-cutoff SizeSuffix           Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
      --drive-use-created-date                   Use created date instead of modified date.
      --drive-use-trash                          Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true)
      --dropbox-chunk-size SizeSuffix            Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 48M)
      --dropbox-client-id string                 Dropbox App Client Id
      --dropbox-client-secret string             Dropbox App Client Secret
  -n, --dry-run                                  Do a trial run with no permanent changes
      --dump string                              List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles
      --dump-bodies                              Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --dump-headers                             Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --exclude stringArray                      Exclude files matching pattern
      --exclude-from stringArray                 Read exclude patterns from file
      --exclude-if-present string                Exclude directories if filename is present
      --fast-list                                Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.
      --files-from stringArray                   Read list of source-file names from file
  -f, --filter stringArray                       Add a file-filtering rule
      --filter-from stringArray                  Read filtering patterns from a file
      --ftp-host string                          FTP host to connect to
      --ftp-pass string                          FTP password
      --ftp-port string                          FTP port, leave blank to use default (21)
      --ftp-user string                          FTP username, leave blank for current username, ncw
      --gcs-bucket-acl string                    Access Control List for new buckets.
      --gcs-client-id string                     Google Application Client Id
      --gcs-client-secret string                 Google Application Client Secret
      --gcs-location string                      Location for the newly created buckets.
      --gcs-object-acl string                    Access Control List for new objects.
      --gcs-project-number string                Project number.
      --gcs-service-account-file string          Service Account Credentials JSON file path
      --gcs-storage-class string                 The storage class to use when storing objects in Google Cloud Storage.
      --http-url string                          URL of http host to connect to
      --hubic-client-id string                   Hubic Client Id
      --hubic-client-secret string               Hubic Client Secret
      --ignore-checksum                          Skip post copy check of checksums.
      --ignore-errors                            delete even if there are I/O errors
      --ignore-existing                          Skip all files that exist on destination
      --ignore-size                              Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
  -I, --ignore-times                             Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
      --immutable                                Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified.
      --include stringArray                      Include files matching pattern
      --include-from stringArray                 Read include patterns from file
      --jottacloud-md5-memory-limit SizeSuffix   Files bigger than this will be cached on disk to calculate the MD5 if required. (default 10M)
      --jottacloud-mountpoint string             The mountpoint to use.
      --jottacloud-pass string                   Password.
      --jottacloud-user string                   User Name
      --local-no-check-updated                   Don't check to see if the files change during upload
      --local-no-unicode-normalization           Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames
      --local-nounc string                       Disable UNC (long path names) conversion on Windows
      --log-file string                          Log everything to this file
      --log-level string                         Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE")
      --low-level-retries int                    Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
      --max-age duration                         Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
      --max-backlog int                          Maximum number of objects in sync or check backlog. (default 10000)
      --max-delete int                           When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1)
      --max-depth int                            If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
      --max-size int                             Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --max-transfer int                         Maximum size of data to transfer. (default off)
      --mega-debug                               Output more debug from Mega.
      --mega-hard-delete                         Delete files permanently rather than putting them into the trash.
      --mega-pass string                         Password.
      --mega-user string                         User name
      --memprofile string                        Write memory profile to file
      --min-age duration                         Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
      --min-size int                             Only transfer files bigger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --modify-window duration                   Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
      --no-check-certificate                     Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
      --no-gzip-encoding                         Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
      --no-traverse                              Obsolete - does nothing.
      --no-update-modtime                        Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
  -x, --one-file-system                          Don't cross filesystem boundaries (unix/macOS only).
      --onedrive-chunk-size SizeSuffix           Chunk size to upload files with - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
      --onedrive-client-id string                Microsoft App Client Id
      --onedrive-client-secret string            Microsoft App Client Secret
      --opendrive-password string                Password.
      --opendrive-username string                Username
      --pcloud-client-id string                  Pcloud App Client Id
      --pcloud-client-secret string              Pcloud App Client Secret
  -P, --progress                                 Show progress during transfer.
      --qingstor-access-key-id string            QingStor Access Key ID
      --qingstor-connection-retries int          Number of connnection retries. (default 3)
      --qingstor-endpoint string                 Enter a endpoint URL to connection QingStor API.
      --qingstor-env-auth                        Get QingStor credentials from runtime. Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
      --qingstor-secret-access-key string        QingStor Secret Access Key (password)
      --qingstor-zone string                     Zone to connect to.
  -q, --quiet                                    Print as little stuff as possible
      --rc                                       Enable the remote control server.
      --rc-addr string                           IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572")
      --rc-cert string                           SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
      --rc-client-ca string                      Client certificate authority to verify clients with
      --rc-htpasswd string                       htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
      --rc-key string                            SSL PEM Private key
      --rc-max-header-bytes int                  Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
      --rc-pass string                           Password for authentication.
      --rc-realm string                          realm for authentication (default "rclone")
      --rc-server-read-timeout duration          Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
      --rc-server-write-timeout duration         Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
      --rc-user string                           User name for authentication.
      --retries int                              Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
      --retries-sleep duration                   Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable)
      --s3-access-key-id string                  AWS Access Key ID.
      --s3-acl string                            Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
      --s3-chunk-size SizeSuffix                 Chunk size to use for uploading (default 5M)
      --s3-disable-checksum                      Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata
      --s3-endpoint string                       Endpoint for S3 API.
      --s3-env-auth                              Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
      --s3-force-path-style                      If true use path style access if false use virtual hosted style. (default true)
      --s3-location-constraint string            Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
      --s3-provider string                       Choose your S3 provider.
      --s3-region string                         Region to connect to.
      --s3-secret-access-key string              AWS Secret Access Key (password)
      --s3-server-side-encryption string         The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
      --s3-sse-kms-key-id string                 If using KMS ID you must provide the ARN of Key.
      --s3-storage-class string                  The storage class to use when storing objects in S3.
      --s3-upload-concurrency int                Concurrency for multipart uploads. (default 2)
      --sftp-ask-password                        Allow asking for SFTP password when needed.
      --sftp-disable-hashcheck                   Disable the execution of SSH commands to determine if remote file hashing is available.
      --sftp-host string                         SSH host to connect to
      --sftp-key-file string                     Path to unencrypted PEM-encoded private key file, leave blank to use ssh-agent.
      --sftp-pass string                         SSH password, leave blank to use ssh-agent.
      --sftp-path-override string                Override path used by SSH connection.
      --sftp-port string                         SSH port, leave blank to use default (22)
      --sftp-set-modtime                         Set the modified time on the remote if set. (default true)
      --sftp-use-insecure-cipher                 Enable the use of the aes128-cbc cipher. This cipher is insecure and may allow plaintext data to be recovered by an attacker.
      --sftp-user string                         SSH username, leave blank for current username, ncw
      --size-only                                Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
      --skip-links                               Don't warn about skipped symlinks.
      --stats duration                           Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
      --stats-file-name-length int               Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 40)
      --stats-log-level string                   Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
      --stats-one-line                           Make the stats fit on one line.
      --stats-unit string                        Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
      --streaming-upload-cutoff int              Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k)
      --suffix string                            Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
      --swift-auth string                        Authentication URL for server (OS_AUTH_URL).
      --swift-auth-token string                  Auth Token from alternate authentication - optional (OS_AUTH_TOKEN)
      --swift-auth-version int                   AuthVersion - optional - set to (1,2,3) if your auth URL has no version (ST_AUTH_VERSION)
      --swift-chunk-size SizeSuffix              Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
      --swift-domain string                      User domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME)
      --swift-endpoint-type string               Endpoint type to choose from the service catalogue (OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE) (default "public")
      --swift-env-auth                           Get swift credentials from environment variables in standard OpenStack form.
      --swift-key string                         API key or password (OS_PASSWORD).
      --swift-region string                      Region name - optional (OS_REGION_NAME)
      --swift-storage-policy string              The storage policy to use when creating a new container
      --swift-storage-url string                 Storage URL - optional (OS_STORAGE_URL)
      --swift-tenant string                      Tenant name - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant_id required otherwise (OS_TENANT_NAME or OS_PROJECT_NAME)
      --swift-tenant-domain string               Tenant domain - optional (v3 auth) (OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME)
      --swift-tenant-id string                   Tenant ID - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant required otherwise (OS_TENANT_ID)
      --swift-user string                        User name to log in (OS_USERNAME).
      --swift-user-id string                     User ID to log in - optional - most swift systems use user and leave this blank (v3 auth) (OS_USER_ID).
      --syslog                                   Use Syslog for logging
      --syslog-facility string                   Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
      --timeout duration                         IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
      --tpslimit float                           Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.
      --tpslimit-burst int                       Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1)
      --track-renames                            When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
      --transfers int                            Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
  -u, --update                                   Skip files that are newer on the destination.
      --use-server-modtime                       Use server modified time instead of object metadata
      --user-agent string                        Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.43")
  -v, --verbose count                            Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
      --webdav-bearer-token string               Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
      --webdav-pass string                       Password.
      --webdav-url string                        URL of http host to connect to
      --webdav-user string                       User name
      --webdav-vendor string                     Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
      --yandex-client-id string                  Yandex Client Id
      --yandex-client-secret string              Yandex Client Secret
```

### SEE ALSO

* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.43

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