Probably even wierder, evidently touch was a kind of buzzword for elimination of drudgery, all the way back as far as the 1950's http://www.historyofthebutton.com/2006/08/07/touch-command/
On 9/13/06, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wade Preston Shearer wrote: > Does anyone know the history behind the touch command? Why "touch"? I have two theories: 1. The 'touch' command basically touches a file to update the access modification time. Seems straight forward. 2. (Is this where your mind wandered?) The 'geeks' who wrote the 'touch' command may not have had girlfriends, so the computer was the closest thing to a girlfriend. Also touch is a short word, and most UNIX commands are short, and update_file_modification_and_access_time is just too much for a programmer to type. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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